Proiphys
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Description
Bulbous herbs.
Leaves radical, petioled, subcircular to elliptic, with numerous parallel nerves.
Inflorescences umbellate, many-flowered;
Flowers pedicellate, white.
Stamens inserted in the throat, basally connected by a membrane (false corona) which is deeply bilobed between the filaments and shorter than the perigone;
Ovary with 2 ovules in each cell;
Fruits dry or slightly fleshy, rupturing irregularly.
Seeds globose, green.