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Eriospermum bowieanum

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Name

Identification
Eriospermum bowieanum Baker [family ERIOSPERMACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
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Flora

Entry for ERIOSPERMUM bowieanum Baker [family ERIOSPERMACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, page 253, (1897) Author: (By J. G. BAKER).
Names
ERIOSPERMUM bowieanum Baker [family ERIOSPERMACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 267
Information
tuber large, oblong; leaf solitary, shortly petioled, cordate-ovate, glabrous, 1/2 in. long, the face covered with clavate, erect, glabrous processes 1/4– 1/2 in. long; peduncle 1 1/2–2 in. long; raceme dense, subspicate, 5–6-flowered; perianth 1/6– 1/5 in. long; segments oblong, white keeled with purple; stamens shorter than the perianth; filaments lanceolate. null
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA without locality.
Notes
Described from a drawing of a plant received from Bowie, cultivated at Kew in 1822.

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