1292.000 Eleutherine Herb.

ELEUTHRINE G. Forst.

Standley, P.C. & Steyermark, J.A. (1952) Flora of Guatemala Chicago Natural History Museum

Description of the genus

Glabrous, perennial herbs, arising from purple or purple-brown tunicate bulbs. Leaves few, broad, strongly plicate. Spathes 1 or 2, several flowered; inflorescence pseudo-lateral, pedunculate. Perianth tube 0; segments ± equal, spreading, obovate-cuneate. Stamens borne at base of segments, alternating with the style-arms. Style very short. capsule oblong.

Worldwide: 2 species occurring from Mexico, Central America and the West Indies to South America; cultivated elsewhere, for example in South Africa and Mozambique.

Zambia: 1 taxon.

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Species	FZ divisions	Provinces	Content
bulbosa (Mill.) Urb.	B,W,C	Nw,Lp,Lk,W	Description, Image

Other sources of information about Eleutherine:

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Flora of Mozambique: Eleutherine
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Eleutherine
Flora of Zambia: cultivated Eleutherine

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Eleutherine
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Eleutherine
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Eleutherine
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iNaturalist: Eleutherine
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Eleutherine
JSTOR Plant Science: Eleutherine
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Eleutherine
Plants of the World Online: Eleutherine
Tropicos: Eleutherine
Wikipedia: Eleutherine

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Eleutherine.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=2434, retrieved 24 November 2024

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