Biology:Camptorrhiza

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Camptorrhiza
Camptorrhiza strumosa 1DS-II 1-1343.jpg
Camptorrhiza strumosa
Scientific classification e
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

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Camptorrhiza
  2. John Hutchinson. 1934. Families of Flowering Plants, II, Monocotoledons, 2: 101 Camptorrhiza
  3. Yadav, Shrirang Ramchandra, Singh, Netra Pal & Mathew, Brian Frederick. 1993. Kew Bulletin 48: 735. Camptorrhiza indica
  4. John Gilbert Baker. Flora of Tropical Africa, London, 7(3): 562, Iphigenia strumosa
  5. Obermeyer, Anna Amelia. 1961. Iphigenia and Camptorrhiza in southern Africa. Kirkia; The Zimbabwe Journal of Botany 1:84-87.
  6. Phillips, Edwin Percy. 1951. Genera of South African Flowering Plants (ed.2), p 182, Camptorrhiza

Wikidata ☰ Q8261268 entry