Codonorhiza micrantha (e.Mey. ex Klatt) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning

Species

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Characteristics

Plants mostly 120-250 mm high. Corm 10-12 mm diam., broadly obconic; tunics dark brown to blackish, basal rim ± crenate, splitting vertically from base. Stem flexuose, repeatedly branched, branches subtended by bracts (1-)2-5 mm long, these sometimes leaf-like below, compressed and 2-to 4-winged Leaves 2 or 3, lowermost basal, ± falcate, 80-300 x 8-16 mm, margins usually undulate or slightly crisped, main vein prominent, upper leaves inserted near middle of stem, smaller than basal, not or hardly sheathing at base. Inflorescence a congested, ± flat-topped false panicle, flowers crowded at branch tips, ultimate branchlets 1-to 3-flowered; bracts green, ± leathery, 2-3 mm long, margins red, inner ± as long as outer, obtuse or inner slightly emarginate. Flowers weakly zygomorphic with perianth radially symmetric and stamens and style unilateral, dull yellow to buff-coloured or brown to dull maroon, acrid-sweet or clove-scented; perianth tube ± cylindric, 8-10 mm long; tepals subequal, ± elliptic, obtuse, 3-5 x ± 1.5-2.0 mm. Stamens unilateral, ± erect; filaments ± 3.5 mm long, exserted ± 1.5 mm; anthers 1.5-2.0 mm long; pollen dull yellow to buff-coloured. Style dividing between base and upper 1/3 of anthers; style branches ± 1 mm long, usually divided for up to 1/2 their length or undivided. Capsules top-shaped, triangular, 5-6 mm long, with up to 6 seeds per locule. Seeds ± ovoid, dark brown, 1.3-1.6 mm long, funicular appendage up to 0.5 mm long, surface reticulate.
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Cormous geophyte, 15-35 cm. Leaf blades plane. Flowers in corymbose panicles, actinomorphic, small, cream-coloured to maroon, fragrant.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Soil texture 5-7
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Distribution

Codonorhiza micrantha world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77150788-1
WFO ID wfo-0001343992
COL ID WPYP
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Synonyms

Meristostigma manuleiflorum Lapeirousia manuleiflora Lapeirousia micrantha Ovieda micrantha Codonorhiza micrantha