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Savannosiphon is a flowering plant genus in the family Iridaceae, circumscribed in 1980. It contains a single species, Savannosiphon euryphylla, native to tropical Africa (Zaire, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe).

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderAsparagales
  5. FamilyIridaceae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
18
With media
16
Family
Iridaceae
Collections
MO, B, MNHN
Recorded in
Zambia, Congo (Kinshasa), Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania

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Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Watsonieae
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Savannosiphon euryphyllus.jpg
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taxon name
Savannosiphon
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Category:Savannosiphon
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Savannosiphon
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Savannosiphon is a flowering plant genus in the family Iridaceae, circumscribed in 1980. It contains a single species, Savannosiphon euryphylla, native to tropical Africa (Zaire, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe).

The genus name, derived from the word "savanna" and the Greek word siphon (meaning "tube") alludes to its habitat and the structure of its perianth tube.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Savannosiphon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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