Melanthium guineenseWelw. ex Baker [family MELANTHIACEAE ] Iphigenia guineensisBaker [family COLCHICACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
Melanthium guineense
Actinanthe huillensis
Iphigenia guineensis
Flora
Entry for IPHIGENIA guineensis Baker [family COLCHICACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 7, page 421, (1898) Author: (By J. G. Baker.)
Names
IPHIGENIA guineensisBaker [family COLCHICACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 451.
Melanthium guineenseWelw. ex Baker [family MELANTHIACEAE], l. c.
Information
Corm globose, 1/3 in. diam.; outer tunics dark brown. Stem slender, 4–5 in. long, bearing 2–3 ascending linear-subulate leaves, the lowest 2–3 in. long, the others shorter. Flowers 2–3 from the axils of the uppermost leaf, on stiffly erect pedicels 1 1/2–2 in. long. Perianth-segments oblong-lanceolate, brownish-white, 1/4 in. long. Stamens 1/3 the length of the perianth-segments. Ovary turbinate.