FZ.9. Holothrix
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): HolothrixBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Holothrix
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Holothrix
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