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Aristea abyssinica

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Name

Identification
Aristea abyssinica Pax [family IRIDACEAE ]
Related name
  • Aristea abyssinica

Flora

Entry for ARISTEA alata Baker [family IRIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 7, page 337, (1898) Author: (By J. G. BAKER.)
Names
ARISTEA alata Baker [family IRIDACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxi. 405. —Handb. Irid. 140.
ARISTEA abyssinica Pax [family IRIDACEAE], in Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 173.
ARISTEA tayloriana Rendle [family IRIDACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. iv. 48.
Information
Leaves many in a basal rosette, linear, rigid, 1/2–1 ft. long, 1/6– 1/3 in. broad. Peduncle flat and broadly winged throughout, longer than the leaves, usually leafless, rarely bearing 1–2 reduced leaves. Clusters 1–2, the side one smaller than the terminal, nearly sessile or distinctly peduncled. Spathe 1/2– 5/8 in. long; outer valves firm in the centre, with a membranous edge and tip. Perianth 1/2– 3/4 in. long. Capsule oblong, obtusely angled, distinctly stipitate, 1/4– 1/3 in. long.
Distribution
German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Usambara; Kwa Mshuza (Handei), Holst, 9140! Kilimanjaro, 7000–10,000 ft., Johnston, 14! Volkens, 779! Taylor!Abyssinia Nile Land Schimper, 279!British East Africa Nile Land Lykipia, 6000–8000 ft., Thomson!

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