FZ.24. Nervilia Comm. ex Gaudich.

Description of the genus

Terrestrial herbs with subspherical underground tubers. Leaf 1, produced after the flowers, elliptic, reniform or almost circular, often with silvery patterns above and purple coloration beneath. Inflorescence an erect raceme. Flowers resupinate; tepals apart from the lip similar, green or brownish-green. Lip 3-lobed to almost entire, sometimes papillate or pubescent with red markings and sometimes with a short spur. Column long. Pollinia 2.

Worldwide: 65 species in tropical and warm regions of the Old World.

Caprivi: 6 cultivated taxa.

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Species	Content
adolphi Schltr.[Agg]
bicarinata (Blume) Schltr.	Description, Image
crociformis (Zoll. & Moritzi) Seidenf.	Description, Image
petraea (Afzel. ex Sw.) Summerh.
renschiana (Rchb. f.) Schltr.	Image
shirensis (Rolfe) Schltr.	Description, Image

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Flora of Malawi: Nervilia
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Flora of Zimbabwe: Nervilia

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Nervilia
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Nervilia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Nervilia
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iNaturalist: Nervilia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Nervilia
JSTOR Plant Science: Nervilia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Nervilia
Plants of the World Online: Nervilia
Tropicos: Nervilia
Wikipedia: Nervilia