Zygotritonia atropurpurea
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Inflorescence
Miombo woodland
Lumangwe-Kabwelume Falls, Mporokoso Distr.
Mar 2017
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower
Miombo woodland
Lumangwe-Kabwelume Falls, Mporokoso Distr.
Mar 2017
Photo: Nick Wightman
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| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | Locally common |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herb up to 1.3 m tall growing from a globose corm; stem bearing 6-7 overlapping sheathing leaves; foliage leaf solitary, inserted near base and reaching to base of flower spike, lamina lanceolate and shallowly pleated; inflorescence branched with lowest branches sometimes rebranching, several flowers produced per branch; flowers dark maroon-purple with lower five tepals with pale whitish transverse band above base; perianth tube 3-4 mm, widening gradually in upper half; tepals unequal, linear-spathulate; capsules c. 3 mm long, broadly 3-lobed. |
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| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | atropurpurea: dark purple, referring to the flowers |
| Habitat: | Miombo woodland |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | Mar - Apr |
| Worldwide distribution: | Only known from the type collection in northern Zambia |
| FZ divisions: | N |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | N |
| Growth form(s): | Perennial. |
| Endemic status: | Endemic |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Monday 3 October 2022 |
| Literature: |
Goldblatt, P., Manning, J.C., Wightman, N., McCleland, W. (2019). Zygotritonia atropurpurea (Iridaceae: Crocoideae), a new local endemic species from northern Zambia of this small tropical African genus. South African Journal of Botany 124 Pages 20 - 22. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Zygotritonia atropurpureaAfrican Plant Database: Zygotritonia atropurpurea
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Zygotritonia atropurpurea
JSTOR Plant Science: Zygotritonia atropurpurea
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Zygotritonia atropurpurea
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