1190.000 Ammocharis Herb.

Description of the genus

Bulbous herbs with a solid scape. Leaves arranged in two opposite fans. Flowers pink. Involucral bracts 2. Fruit indehiscent.

Worldwide: 4 species in tropical and South Africa

Botswana: 3 taxa.

Ammocharis coranica

Links to taxa:     View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
baumii (Harms) Milne-Redh. & Schweick.NDescription, Image
coranica (Ker Gawl.) Herb.SEDescription, Image
tinneana (Kotschy & Peyr.) Milne-Redh. & Schweick.NDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Ammocharis:

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Flora of Caprivi: Ammocharis
Flora of Malawi: Ammocharis
Flora of Mozambique: Ammocharis
Flora of Zambia: Ammocharis
Flora of Zimbabwe: Ammocharis

External websites:

ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Ammocharis
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Ammocharis
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Ammocharis
Wikipedia: Ammocharis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Ammocharis
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Ammocharis

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-23

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2023). Flora of Botswana: Genus page: Ammocharis.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=367, retrieved 27 March 2023

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