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Perennial herbs, dying back each year, with corms. Foliage leaves plane. Inflorescence a secund spike. Flowers zygomorphic, pink to purple; tepals united into a long perianth tube. Style branches filiform throughout. Fruit a capsule. Seeds spherical to angular.
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Radinosiphon Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=390
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Radinosiphon

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Radinosiphon is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae first described as a genus in 1932. It is native to southern + southeastern Africa.[1]

The genus name is derived from the Greek words radinosus, meaning "slender", and siphon, meaning "tube".[2]

Species

References

  1. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Manning, John; Goldblatt, Peter (2008). The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. pp. 91–93. ISBN 978-0-88192-897-6.
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Radinosiphon: Brief Summary

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Radinosiphon is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae first described as a genus in 1932. It is native to southern + southeastern Africa.

The genus name is derived from the Greek words radinosus, meaning "slender", and siphon, meaning "tube".

Species Radinosiphon leptostachya (Baker) N.E.Br., Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 20: 263 (1932) - Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, northeastern South Africa Radinosiphon lomatensis (N.E.Br.) N.E.Br., Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 20: 263 (1932) - Mpumalanga Province in South Africa
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