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CURTONUS N.E. Br.
Perennial herbs, dying back each year, with corms. Foliage leaves mostly basal, plane or plicate. Flowers actinomorphic (aurea) or zygomorphic (paniculata) with stamens arched under the upper tepal; in shades of orange to red; tepals united into a perianth tube. Stamens and style well exserted from the tepals. Fruit a capsule. Seeds spherical, hard, shiny. Worldwide: 9 species in tropical and South Africa Mozambique: 1 taxon. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| aurea (Pappe ex Hook.) Planch. subsp. aurea | Z,MS,M | Description, Image |
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