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Amaryllis revoluta

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Identification
Amaryllis revoluta L'Her. [family AMARYLLIDACEAE ]
Related name
  • Amaryllis revoluta

Flora

Entry for CRINUM lineare Linn. fil. [family AMARYLLIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, page 171, (1897) Author: (By J. G. BAKER).
Names
CRINUM lineare Linn. fil. [family AMARYLLIDACEAE], Suppl. 195;—Thunb. Prodr. 59; Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 301; Kunth, Enum. v. 582; Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 92.
CRINUM revolutum Herb. [family AMARYLLIDACEAE], in Bot. Mag. sub t. 2121; Amaryllid. 267.
Amaryllis revoluta L'Herit. [family AMARYLLIDACEAE], Sert. Angl. t. 14; Gawl. in Bot. Mag. t. 915.
Amaryllis revoluta var. gracilior [family AMARYLLIDACEAE], Bot. Reg. t. 623.
Crinum algoense Herb. [family AMARYLLIDACEAE], Amaryllid. 272; Kunth, Enum. loc. cit.
Information
bulb small, ovoid; leaves linear, 1 1/2–2 ft. long, about 1/2 in. broad, glaucous green, weak in texture, channelled down the face, glabrous and entire on the margin; scape slender, subterete, about a foot long; flowers 5–6 in an umbel; pedicels 1/2– 3/4 in. long; spathe-valves small, lanceolate-deltoid; perianth-tube curved, slender, 1 1/2–2 1/2 in. long; segments 2–3 in. long, oblanceolate-oblong, acute, about 1/2 in. broad, tinged with red in the centre; stamens much shorter than the perianth-segments; anthers 1/3 in. long; ovary oblong, 1/2 in. long; style nearly straight, reaching to the top of the perianth-segments. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Uitenhage Div.; between Van Stadens River and Zwartkops River, Thunberg!

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