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Ammocharis taveliana

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Name

Identification
Ammocharis taveliana Schinz [family AMARYLLIDACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet., Ammocharis coranica (Ker Gawl.) Herb. [family AMARYLLIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Ammocharis taveliana
  • Ammocharis coranica

Flora

Entry for Ammocharis taveliana Schinz [family AMARYLLIDACEAE]
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
Ammocharis taveliana Schinz [family AMARYLLIDACEAE], in Verh. Bot. Ver. Prov. Brandenb. xxxi. 214
Information
bulb very large; tunics horizontally truncate at the apex; leaves oblong, acute, 15 in. or more long, above 2 in. broad; peduncle 8–10 in. long, nearly 1 in. diam.; umbels dense, globose, 4–5 in. diam.; pedicels 1 1/2 in. long; spathe-valves oblong, an inch broad; perianth-tube above 1/2 in. long; segments oblong-lanceolate, acute, 2 in. long; capsule the size of a pigeon's egg; pericarp thin, membranous. null
Range
Also Hereroland.
Distribution
WESTERN REGION Great Namaqualand; near Bethany, Schinz, 16, Schenk, 358, Pohle.
Notes
No specimen in Kew Herbarium.

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