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Zygotritonia
Description of the genus
Perennial herbs with spherical corms. Leaves few, the lowest membranous and sheathing the stem base, the foliage leaves 2-4, appearing with the flowers. Inflorescence of spikes bearing many flowers per axis. Flowers zygomorphic; tepals united into a short tube, unequal, linear-spathulate, obtuse, the upper tepal much exceeding the others and arched over the stamens, the lower 3 tepals smallest. Worldwide: 4 species in Tropical Africa from Senegal to Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia. Zambia: 2 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Provinces | Content |
| atropurpurea Goldblatt & J.C. Manning[End] | N | N | Description, Image |
| nyassana Mildbr. | N,W | Nw,Cb,N,C | Description, Image |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): ZygotritoniaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Zygotritonia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Zygotritonia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Zygotritonia
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iNaturalist: Zygotritonia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Zygotritonia
JSTOR Plant Science: Zygotritonia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Zygotritonia
Plants of the World Online: Zygotritonia
Tropicos: Zygotritonia
Wikipedia: Zygotritonia
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