1311.040 Radinosiphon N.E. Br.

Description of the genus

Perennial herbs, dying back each year, with corms. Foliage leaves plane. Inflorescence a secund spike. Flowers zygomorphic, pink to purple; tepals united into a long perianth tube. Style branches filiform throughout. Fruit a capsule. Seeds spherical to angular.

Worldwide: 1-2 species in southern tropical and South Africa

Malawi: 1 taxon.

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leptostachya (Baker) N.E. Br.N,C,SDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Radinosiphon:

Our websites:

Flora of Mozambique: Radinosiphon
Flora of Zambia: Radinosiphon
Flora of Zimbabwe: Radinosiphon

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Radinosiphon
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Radinosiphon
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Radinosiphon
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Radinosiphon
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Radinosiphon
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Radinosiphon
JSTOR Plant Science: Radinosiphon
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Radinosiphon
Plants of the World Online: Radinosiphon
Tropicos: Radinosiphon
Wikipedia: Radinosiphon

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Malawi: Genus page: Radinosiphon.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=390, retrieved 28 March 2024

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