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1175.000 Nerine Herb.

Description of the genus

Bulbous perennials with solid scapes. Leaves distichous. Inflorescence with numerous flowers in a hemispherical head. Flowers asymmetric, sometimes only slightly so. Tepals with undulate margins. Involucral bracts 2. Fruit dehiscent, membranous.

Worldwide: 22 species, in Zimbabwe and (mainly) South Africa

Caprivi: 1 taxon.

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laticoma (Ker Gawl.) T. Durand & Schinz[LR-lc]Description, Image

Other sources of information about Nerine:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Nerine
Flora of Zimbabwe: Nerine
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Nerine

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Nerine
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Nerine
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Nerine
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Nerine
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Nerine
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Nerine
JSTOR Plant Science: Nerine
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Nerine
Plants of the World Online: Nerine
Tropicos: Nerine
Wikipedia: Nerine
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Caprivi: Genus page: Nerine.
https://www.capriviflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=364, retrieved 30 October 2024

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