HYPOXIDACEAE
Formerly included in Amaryllidaceae
Morphological description
Herbs with rhizomes.
Leaves simple, often hairy, basally arranged on the top of the rhizome, nerves parallel.
Inflorescence
Inflorescence usually spikes, corymbs or umbelliform.
Flowers
Flowers bisexual, 3-merous, tepals in 2 rows of 3, ovary inferior; stamens 6, free, inserted at the base of the perianth segments. Flowers often yellow (Curculigo orchidioides).
Different from: Liliaceae s.l.: ovary superior. - Iridaceae: leaves distichous.
Distribution: Pantropical, with four genera. In the region Curculigo (pantropical) and Hypoxis; lowland rain forest, secondary forest, some in monsoonal forest.
Notes: Ornamental plants: Curculigo capitulata*, Hypoxis baurii.
Literature: D. J.L. Geerinck, Fl. Males. I, 11 (1993) 353-373.
Spot characters (Van Balgooy): Amaryllidaceae 92, 101, 102.
Illustrations: Fig. 13. Curculigo latifolia, Dryander (Amaryllidaceae). Reproduced from M.R. Henderson, Malayan wildflowers, Monocotyledons (1954, repr. 1974) 167. With kind permission of the Malaysian Nature Society.
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