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985.000 Bulbine
Kativu, S. (1996) Asphodelaceae of the Flora Zambesiaca area Kirkia 16(1) 27-53
Description of the genus
Erect perennial herbs. Roots wiry or fusiform. Leaves subterete or flattened, glabrous or ciliate on the margins, ± fleshy. Inflorescence a [?simple], many-flowered raceme. Bracts membranous, persistent. Pedicels not articulated. Flowers bright yellow. Perianth segments free, all 1-nerved. Filaments densely long-hairy. Ovary sessile. Capsule subspherical to oblong-ovoid. Seeds (in ours) pyramidal, sharply 3-angled, sometimes winged. Worldwide: 50 species in tropical and South Africa with a few in Australia. Botswana: 4 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| abyssinica A. Rich. | SE | Description, Image |
| angustifolia Poelln. | SE | |
| capitata Poelln. | SE | Description, Image |
| narcissifolia Salm-Dyck | SE |
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