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Anthericopsis
Leistner, O.A. (2005) Seed plants of southern tropical Africa: families and genera SABONET Report No. 26 SABONET, Pretoria
Description of the genus
Perennial, completely glabrous herbs, dormant in the dry season; tubers at the end of thin wiry roots. Leaves spirally arranged, mostly in a basal rosette, sessile. Inflorescences sometimes subsessile at first flowering, eventually long-pedunculate, scapose or subscapose, terminal and axillary, composed of 1 or 2 sessile, contracted, bracteolate cincinni arranged umbel-like at end of scape. Flowers regular, pedicelled. Sepals 3, equal. Petals 3, equal. Fruit a 3-valved capsule. Worldwide: One species only in East tropical Africa Zambia: 1 taxon. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Provinces | Content |
| sepalosa (C.B. Clarke) Engl. | ? | Description, Image |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): AnthericopsisBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Anthericopsis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Anthericopsis
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Anthericopsis
JSTOR Plant Science: Anthericopsis
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Anthericopsis
Plants of the World Online: Anthericopsis
Tropicos: Anthericopsis
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