Savannosiphon

<i>Savannosiphon</i>

Savannosiphon

Genus of flowering plants

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).[1][2][3][4]

Quick Facts Savannosiphon, Scientific classification ...

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.[5]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Savannosiphon.
  1. [1]
    Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. [2]
    Lebrun J.-P. & Stork, A.L. (1995). Énumération des Plants à Fleurs D'Afrique Tropicale 3: 1–341. Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques de la Ville de Genève.
  3. [3]
    Goldblatt, P. (1996). Iridaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1–89.
  4. [4]
    Geerinck, D (2005). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi) Iridaceae: 1–102. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.
  5. [5]
    Manning, John; Goldblatt, Peter (2008). The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. pp. 123–124. ISBN 978-0-88192-897-6.


Stub icon

This Iridaceae article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Savannosiphon, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.