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Ornithogalum graminifolium

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Identification
Ornithogalum crispifolium Leight. [family HYACINTHACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Ornithogalum graminifolium Thunb. [family HYACINTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Ornithogalum natalense
  • Ornithogalum inandense
  • Ornithogalum canaliculatum
  • Ornithogalum galpini
  • Ornithogalum bolusianum
  • Ornithogalum aloiforme
  • Ornithogalum galpinii
  • Ornithogalum humifusum
  • Ornithogalum angustifolium
  • Ornithogalum crispifolium
  • Ornithogalum attenuatum
  • Ornithogalum graminifolium

Flora

Entry for ORNITHOGALUM graminifolium Thunb. [family HYACINTHACEAE]
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
ORNITHOGALUM graminifolium Thunb. [family HYACINTHACEAE], Prodr. 61;—Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 313; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 526; Kunth, Enum. iv. 358; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 274.
ORNITHOGALUM Rudolphi Jacq. [family HYACINTHACEAE], Eclog. i. 31, 151, t. 20; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 525.
ORNITHOGALUM tenuifolium Red. [family HYACINTHACEAE], Lil. vi. t. 312, non Gussone.
ORNITHOGALUM rupestre Rudolphi [family HYACINTHACEAE], in Schrad. Journ. 1799, ii. 281, non Linn. fil.
ORNITHOGALUM juncifolium Gawl. [family HYACINTHACEAE], in Bot. Mag. t. 972, non Jacq.
ORNITHOGALUM dregeanum Kunth [family HYACINTHACEAE], Enum. iv. 351.
ORNITHOGALUM canaliculatum Lagas. [family HYACINTHACEAE], Gen. 14; Kunth, Enum. iv. 370.
Information
bulb globose, 1/2–1 in. diam.; outer tunics produced far above its neck; leaves 4–6, subterete, glabrous, 1/2–1 ft. long; raceme lax, 2–3 in. long; pedicels ascending, lower 1/4– 1/3 in. long; bracts ovate, acuminate, as long as the pedicels; perianth white, 1/3 in. long; segments with a rather indistinct 3-nerved green or reddish-brown keel; stamens 2/3 the length of the perianth; filaments slightly flattened; style as long as the ovary. null
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Murraysburg Div.; Koudeveld Mountains, 5000 ft., Bolus, 1490!COAST REGION Cape Flats, Zeyher, 1681! Paarl Div.; Klein Drakenstein Mountains, under 500 ft., Drège, 1508! Tulbagh Div.; New Kloof, near Tulbagh, Zeyher, 1682! Winterhoek Mountain, Pappe!EASTERN REGION Natal; Inanda, Wood, 658!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Thunberg!

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