Kniphofia
Taxonomic status
Accepted
Occurrence status
Present
Origin
Introduced
Large tufted herbs; roots fibrous or somewhat fleshy. Leaves linear, tough, margins entire. Inflorescence a scapose terminal raceme. Flowers numerous, exceeding the small subtending bracts; perianth segments united into a floral tube; stamens 6, exserted or equalling perianth tube, free; ovary superior; style elongate, filiform, stigma minutely capitate. Fruit a loculicidal capsule; seeds triquetrous to flattened.
About 70 species in Africa, Madagascar and Arabia, widely cultivated as ornamentals; 1 naturalised in Australia and Victoria.
Source:
Conran, J.G. (1994). Aloeaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons, pp. 716–717. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
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