Hypoxidaceae
Hypoxis

Hypoxis parvifolia Baker

First published in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 6: 183 (1896)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Malawi to S. Africa. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Hypoxidaceae, I. Nordal & C. Zimudzi. Flora Zambesiaca 12:3. 2001

Morphology General Habit
A small perennial herb 3–15 cm tall.
Vegetative Multiplication Rhizomes
Rhizome vertical, 10–15 × 6–9 mm, ± cylindrical, equatorially ringed by stout contractile roots, surmounted by persistent membranous leaf remnants.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 5–8, conduplicate, arcuate and gradually tapering to a narrowly acute apex, with broad membranous funnel-shaped sheaths; lamina 1.5–18 cm long and 3–8 mm wide when the folded sides are spread apart, sparsely hispid or glabrous on upper surface, glabrous on lower surface, conspicuously ciliate on the margins and the midrib beneath; the hairs 1–3 mm long, U-shaped with both arms stiffly patent and needle-shaped, or with 1 arm reduced or absent, veins not pronounced; pseudostem up to c. 3 cm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences 1–5, usually appearing after the leaves.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Scape
Scapes up to c. 11 cm long, filamentous, ± flattened in the lower part, patent hispid with hairs similar to those on the leaf margins, sometimes many-armed with 1 or 2 arms longer than the rest, or glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers 1–2, pedicellate; bracts 5–16 mm long, linear-subulate; pedicels ascending, up to 6 cm long, filamentous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Perianth
Perianth 12–18 mm in diameter when open; tepals up to 9 × 3 mm, narrowly elliptic, hispid or strigose abaxially.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Filaments 2.5–3 mm long; thecae 2–3 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
Style 1.8–2 mm long; stigma 0.5 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsule 3–5 × 2–3 mm, excluding the persistent perianth, turbinate-cylindric, 8- or 12-seeded, circumscissile.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds black and glossy, c. 1 mm in diameter, globose; testa smooth or papillose, the papillae dome-shaped with a smooth shiny cuticle.
[FZ]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0