1086.000 Scilla L.

Description of the genus

Bulbous, perennial herbs, the bulbs sometimes fibrous at apex. Leaves all basal, never spotted. Inflorescence erect, terminal. Bracts 1 or 2 per flower, decurrent. Flowers blue or white, never yellow. Perianth segments spreading or strongly recurved. Filaments connate towards the base. Ovary spherical to oblong; ovules axile, many. Fruit a loculicidal capsule. Seeds rounded, obtusely angled, black, verrucose. This is another genus in the Hyacinthaceae, for which the taxonomy is not clear. This account must be regarded as provisional.

Mozambique: 2 taxa.

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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
gracillima Engl. Description
petersii Engl. MSDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Scilla:

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Flora of Burundi: Scilla
Flora of Zambia: Scilla

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Scilla
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Scilla
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Scilla
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Scilla
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iNaturalist: Scilla
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Scilla
JSTOR Plant Science: Scilla
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Scilla
Plants of the World Online: Scilla
Tropicos: Scilla
Wikipedia: Scilla

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Mozambique: Genus page: Scilla.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=351, retrieved 23 November 2024

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