969.000 Androcymbium Willd.

Description of the genus

Acaulescent herbs with an asymmetrical corm. Leaves 2-many, distichous, canaliculate with a broad sheathing base. Flowers 1-many in a terminal capitulum surrounded by, often large, green or colourful petaloid bracts. Perianth segments 6, free, ovate-acuminate. Ovary 3-locular, deeply 3-sulcate. Capsule 3-sulcate. Seeds spherical or angled , minutely verrucose.

Comment: Herbs, with short stems, or stemless above ground, from corms with firm dark tunics. Leaves grading into green or coloured bracts, surrounding the inflorescence.

Worldwide: 30 species in tropical and subtropical Africa, including the Mediterranean littoral, the Canary Is and the Middle East

Zambia: 2 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Provinces	Content
roseum Engl.	W,C,S	Nw,Lk,S,W	Description, Image
striatum Hochst. ex A. Rich.	B,C	Lk,W	Description, Image

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