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Perennial rhizomatous mesophytic to xerophytic herbs, acaulescent geophytes or small herbaceous to rarely erect shrubs; rhizome often fleshy; R fibrous, fleshy or fusiform; basal stem parts rarely swollen (caudiciform); L rosulate, often succulent, mostly oblong, linear to triangular; Inf simple or racemose panicles; Fl with 6 Tep in 2 series, stellate; Tep oblong, white, pink or yellow; St 6 in 2 whorls of 3; Fil smooth or occasionally hairy; Anth dorsifixed, dehiscing longitudinally; Ov superior, with 3 locules with 2 ovules each; placentation axile; Sty filiform; Sti trilobed; Fr loculicidal capsules; Se elongate, ovoid or winged, sometimes arillate.
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van Jaarsveld, E., Forster, P.I. (2001). Asphodelaceae. In: Eggli, U. (eds) Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Monocotyledons. Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56715-5_8
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