1082.000 Drimia Jacq. ex Willd.

Kativu, S. & Drummond, R.B. (1994) New combination in the genus Thuranthos C.H. Wright and a new record for T. macranthum (Baker) C.H. Wright in Zimbabwe Kirkia 15(1) 112-116

Description of the genus

Bulbous, perennial herbs. Leaves and inflorescences arising from separate buds. Leaves 1-many, linear to lorate. Flowers in cylindric or subcapitate racemes, rarely pendulous. Bracts long-acuminate, at least the lower spurred. Flowers white, mauve, brown or green with a dark midrib. Perianth of 6 free or fused, patent or erecto-patent, segments. Stamens 6, with filaments erect and ± connivent or spreading. Ovary 3-locular; ovules many. Capsule spherical to ovoid, loculicidal. Seeds flat, winged, black, shiny, papillose.

Worldwide: 120 species in S Europe, Africa and Asia

Malawi: 3 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
altissima (L.f.) Ker Gawl.		Description, Image
calcarata (Baker) Stedje	S	Description, Image
elata Jacq. ex Willd.		Description, Image

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