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Zygotritonia crocea

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Name

Identification
Zygotritonia crocea Stapf [family IRIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Onochie, C.F.A, 1960
Related name
  • Zygotritonia crocea
  • Zygotritonia bongensis
  • Tritonia bongensis

Flora

Entry for Zygotritonia crocea Stapf [family IRIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 3, Part 1,
Names
Zygotritonia crocea Stapf [family IRIDACEAE], in Hook., Ic. Pl. t. 3120 (1927).
Information
Corm covered with a rather coarsely reticulate tunic; leaves and flowers appearing together; flowers yellow-green or tinged red; in shallow soil in savanna.
Habitat
; in shallow soil in savanna.
Distribution
Mali: Sikasso (May) Demange 2214!Guin.: Bissikrima Pobéguin 1123, partly!Ghana: Nalerugu, Gambaga Dist. (June) Akpabla 689!N. Nig.: Zungeru (June) Dalz. 558! Mande F.R., Birnin Gwari Dist. (June) Keay FHI 25854! Ancho (May) Hepburn 142! Katsina (June) Dalz. 848! Magaji de Leeuw 812b!S. Nig.: Enugu Floyer 4! Nsukka (July) Tuley 801! Ngwo, Udi Dist. (Aug.) Jones FHI 6165!
Notes
[Very close to the Sudanese Z. bongensis (Pax) Mildbr. (1923) from which it differs in the curled lower perianth segments and, possibly, in having broader leaves-F.N.H.]

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