Strelitzia caudata
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Strelitzia caudata, commonly known as the mountain strelitzia or wild banana, is a species of banana-like Strelitzia from Africa from the Chimanimani Mountains of Zimbabwe south to Mozambique, the Northern Provinces of South Africa and Swaziland.[1] It was first described by Robert Allen Dyer in 1946.[2][3] It is one of three large banana-like Strelitzia species, all of which are native to southern Africa,[4] the other two being S. alba and S. nicolai.
References
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Strelitzia caudata
- ^ Dyer, Robert Allen. 1946. Flowering Plants of Africa. A Magazine Containing Coloured Figures with Descriptions of the Flowering Plants Indigenous in Africa v 25, t. 997, Strelitzia caudata
- ^ "Strelitzia caudata". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
- ^ "Strelitzia caudata R.A.Dyer". PlantZAfrica.com.
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