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La Croix, I. (2009) Colchicaceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(2)
Maroyi, A (2002) Colchicaceae in Zimbabwe Kirkia 18(1) 1-10
Rootstock a corm, rarely a tuber. Leaves few and mainly basal or borne on leafy, sometimes branched, stems. Flowers solitary or in racemes, actinomorphic, bisexual. Perianth in two whorls of 3, connate at the base or free. Stamens 6. Ovary superior, 3-locular. Fruit usually a septicidal capsule. Seeds glabrous. Worldwide: 15 genera and 165 species, Australia and South Africa to Western Europe and Western Asia. Zambia: 7 genera and 10 taxa. |
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| Genus | Content |
| Androcymbium Willd. | Description, Image |
| Camptorrhiza Hutch. | Image |
| Gloriosa L. | Description |
| Iphigenia Kunth | Description |
| Littonia Hook. | Description |
| Ornithoglossum Salisb. | Description |
| Wurmbea Thunb. | Description |
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