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Albuca abyssinica

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Name

Identification
Albuca angolensis Welw. ex Baker [family HYACINTHACEAE ] Albuca abyssinica Murr. [family HYACINTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Knudtzon&Stedje,
Related name
  • Albuca asclepiadea
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  • Albuca nemorosa
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  • Urginea beccarii
  • Albuca hysterantha
  • Albuca chaetopoda
  • Albuca abyssinica
  • Albuca beguinotii
  • Albuca angolensis

Flora

Entry for ALBUCA abyssinica Jacq. [family HYACINTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
ALBUCA abyssinica Jacq. [family HYACINTHACEAE], (1783). Fig. 32.
Ornithogalum melleri Bak. [family HYACINTHACEAE], (1873);
Albuca melleri (Bak.) Bak. [family HYACINTHACEAE], (1898). [type as above]
Albuca wakefieldii Bak. [family HYACINTHACEAE], (1879).
Albuca chaetopoda Chiov. [family HYACINTHACEAE], (1928);. types: N3, Puccioni & Stefanini 751, 810, 825, 858 (FT syn.).
Albuca asclepiadea Chiov. [family HYACINTHACEAE], (1932);. type: S3, “Afmadu”, Gorini 88 (FT holo.).
Information
Plant 10–150 cm tall; bulb-scales with or without fibrous apex. Leaves linear to lanceolate, ± ciliate, pubescent or glabrous. Racemes 4–many-flowered; pedicels 2–20 mm long. Tepals 8–35 mm long, cream to yellow with a green midrib outside. Style slender, 1.5–3 times as long as the ovary. Capsule 10–20 mm long. Seeds 3–7 mm in diam.
Range
N1–3; C1, 2; S1–3 widespread in tropical Africa, and in SW Arabia.
Altitude range
10–2175 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Gillett 4724; Thulin, Hedrén & Dahir 7187; Bally 4099.
Notes
Baar, ged adais (Som.). Very variable, particularly in robustness and leaf width.

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