Entry for Crinum acaule Baker [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
Crinum acauleBaker [family AMARYLLIDACEAE]
Information
bulb not seen; leaves linear, complicate, moderately firm, glabrous, 1 1/2 ft. long, 1/4 in. broad low down; stem 1-flowered, not produced above ground; spathe-valves linear, green; perianth-tube erect, cylindrical, 2 in. long; segments lanceolate, erect, recurved at the tip, twice as long as the tube, 1/2– 3/4 in. broad at the middle, keeled with pale red; stamens half as long as the perianth-segments; anthers linear-oblong, 1/4– 1/3 in. long. Style reaching to the tip of the perianth. null
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Zululand; Sambaans territory, Saunders!
Notes
This was collected by Mr. Charles Saunders in 1896, and cultivated in his garden, a specimen and drawing being sent to Kew by Mrs. K. Saunders.
