FZ.9. Holothrix Lindl.

Description of the genus

Terrestrial herbs with tubers. Leaves 1-2, radical, appressed to ground, sessile, ovate or circular. Scape erect, unbranched. Flowers sessile or ± so, often secund. Sepals subequal, free, green. Petals entire or lobed, often fleshy. Lip lobed or toothed, spurred, adnate to column at base. Column very short. Pollinia granular; caudicles very short; viscidia small, naked.

Worldwide: 50-60 species in trop. Africa, South Africa and trop. Arabia.

Malawi: 9 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
buchananii Schltr.	N,S
johnstonii Rolfe[End]	S
longiflora Rolfe	C,S	Description, Image
nyasae Rolfe	N?
orthoceras (Harv.) Rchb. f.	C,S
papillosa Summerh.	N,S	Description
pleistodactyla Kraenzl.	N
puberula Rendle	N
tridactylites Summerh	N	Description, Image

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Holothrix
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EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Holothrix
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Holothrix
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Holothrix
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