Camptorrhiza
Appearance
Camptorrhiza | |
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Camptorrhiza strumosa | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Liliales |
Family: | Colchicaceae |
Genus: | Camptorrhiza Hutch. |
Species | |
See text | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Iphigeniopsis Buxb. |
Camptorrhiza is a genus of plants native to India and southern Africa.[2] It contains two recognized species:[1]
- Camptorrhiza indica S.R.Yadav, N.P.Singh & B.Mathew - Maharashtra[3]
- Camptorrhiza strumosa (Baker) Oberm. - South Africa, Angola, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and the Caprivi Strip.[4][5] - Type species for the genus[6]
References
[edit]Wikispecies has information related to Camptorrhiza.
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Camptorrhiza
- ^ John Hutchinson. 1934. Families of Flowering Plants, II, Monocotoledons, 2: 101 Camptorrhiza
- ^ Yadav, Shrirang Ramchandra, Singh, Netra Pal & Mathew, Brian Frederick. 1993. Kew Bulletin 48: 735. Camptorrhiza indica
- ^ John Gilbert Baker. Flora of Tropical Africa, London, 7(3): 562, Iphigenia strumosa
- ^ Obermeyer, A. A. (1960). "Iphigenia and Camptorrhiza in Southern Africa". Kirkia. 1: 84–87. JSTOR 23500532.
- ^ Phillips, Edwin Percy. 1951. Genera of South African Flowering Plants (ed.2), p 182, Camptorrhiza