Savannosiphon

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Iridaceae
Subfamilia: Crocoideae
Tribus: Watsonieae
Genus: Savannosiphon
Species: S. euryphyllus
Name

Savannosiphon Goldblatt & Marais, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 66: 849. 1979 publ. 1980.

References

Goldblatt, P. & Marais, W. (1979 publ. 1980) Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 66: 849.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Savannosiphon in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Savannosiphon is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, first described as a new species in 1980. It contains only one known species, Savannosiphon euryphylla, native to tropical Africa (Zaire, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe).[1][2][3][4]

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

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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.
Goldblatt, P. (1996). Iridaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-89.
Geerinck, D (2005). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi) Iridaceae: 1-102. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.
Manning, John; Goldblatt, Peter (2008). The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. pp. 123–24. ISBN 0-88192-897-6.