Dipcadi platyphyllum
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Photo: Helen Pickering
South of Livingstone: around the parking lot at Gorge swing
Photo: Helen Pickering
South of Livingstone: around the parking lot at Gorge swing
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along entrance road to Gorges Lodge, Dibu Dibu Communal Area, Victoria Falls.
Seeds & pods
Edge of grassland and woodland
Lilayi, Lusaka District
Dec 2018
Photo: Nick Wightman
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| Synonyms: |
Dipcadi ciliatum Engl. & Krause Dipcadi monophyllum Krause & Dinter Ornithogalum planifolium J.C. Manning & Goldblatt |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial bulbous herb. Leaf solitary basal, elliptic lanceolate, basal lobes more or less clasping the flowering stem; margin wavy. Inflorescence an erect terminal one-sided raceme. Flowers pendulous, green. |
| Type location: |
Botswana |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | platyphyllum: wide-leaved |
| Habitat: | In grassland or open woodland, in seasonal pans and on poorly drained soils. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa. |
| FZ divisions: | N,SE |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 91. Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 64. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 122. Stedje, B. & Kativu, S. (2023). Hyacinthaceae Flora Zambesiaca 13(3) Page 7. van der Walt, R. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Limpopo Valley Retha van der Walt, Musina, South Africa Page 348. (Includes a picture). |
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Flora of Malawi: Dipcadi platyphyllumFlora of Zambia: Dipcadi platyphyllum
Flora of Zimbabwe: Dipcadi platyphyllum
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Dipcadi platyphyllumAfrican Plant Database: Dipcadi platyphyllum
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Dipcadi platyphyllum
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Dipcadi platyphyllum
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