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Schizostylis Backh. & Harv.

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Backh. & Harv.
Backh. & Harv.
Backhouse, J.; Harvey, W.H. 1864: Schizostylis coccinea. Crimson Schizostylis. Curtis's Botanical Magazine 90: Pl. 5422–next 2 pp.
1864
5422
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Schizostylis Backh. & Harv.
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Schizostylis

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Asparagales
Iridaceae
Schizostylis

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Healy, A. J.; Edgar, E. 1980: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. III. Adventive Cyperaceous, Petalous and Spathaceous Monocotyledons. Government Printer, Wellington.

Schizostylis Backh. & Harv.

Rhizomatous perennial. Stems usually not swollen but occasionally with bulb-like swelling at base. Leaves few, distichous. Spike lax. Flowers solitary within 2 long-lanceolate green spathe-valves; tube long, straight, narrow-cylindrical; lobes free, spreading, equal. Stamens symmetrical. Style filiform, deeply 3-fid. Capsule obovoid-oblong, membranous. Seeds many. S. African endemic genus of 2 spp. Adventive sp. 1.

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Schizostylis Backh. & Harv.
Schizostylis Backh. & Harv.
Goldblatt, P.; Manning, J.C. (1996)
Hesperantha Ker Gawl.
Schizostylis Backh. & Harv.
Schizostylis Backh. & Harv.
Healy, A. J.; Edgar, E. (1980)
Schizostylis Backh. & Harv.
Schizostylis
Mabberley, D.J. (2008)
Hesperantha Ker Gawl.
Iridaceae Juss.

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1 January 2000
17 February 2012
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