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Terrestrial herbs. Stems unbranched, leafy. Inflorescence terminal. Flowers resupinate. Sepals and petals free. Lip united to column at base, 3-lobed, side-lobes pectinately-toothed; spur cylindric. Column erect. Pollinaria 2. Stigmatic arms divided into 2 elongated branches, the lower fertile and capitate, the upper sterile and horn-like. Differs from Habenaria in having branched stigmatic arms.
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Centrostigma Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=412
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Centrostigma

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Centrostigma is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. There are three currently accepted species, all native to Africa:[1]

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References

  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (1999). Genera Orchidacearum 1. Oxford Univ. Press.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2001). Genera Orchidacearum 2. Oxford Univ. Press.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3. Oxford Univ. Press
  • Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart
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Centrostigma: Brief Summary

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Centrostigma is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. There are three currently accepted species, all native to Africa:

Centrostigma clavatum Summerh. - Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Congo-Kinshasa Centrostigma occultans (Welw. ex Rchb.f.) Schltr. - Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Congo-Kinshasa, Zimbabwe, Angola, Transvaal Centrostigma papillosum Summerh. - Zimbabwe, Angola, Malawi, Zambia
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