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Drimiopsis erlangeri

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Name

Identification
Drimiopsis erlangeri Damm. [family LILIACEAE ] Verified by Müller-Doblies, U.; Müller-Doblies D., Drimia botryoides Baker [family LILIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Drimia botryoides
  • Drimiopsis erlangeri

Flora

Entry for DRIMIOPSIS botryoides Bak. [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
DRIMIOPSIS botryoides Bak. [family HYACINTHACEAE], (1874).
DRIMIOPSIS erlangeri Dammer [family HYACINTHACEAE], (1905).
Information
Leaves erect to ± flat on the ground, ovate to broadly elliptic, narrowing below into a petiole-like base, up to 18 x 8 cm or more, spotted. Inflorescence a dense spike-like raceme; peduncles erect or ± curved, to 15 cm or more long; pedicels c. 1 mm long. Tepals c. 3–6 mm long, greenish-white, the outer spreading, the inner erect. Filaments triangular. Ovary subglobose; style c. 1 mm long, deciduous. Capsule subglobose-obovoid, 3-angled, c. 4–5 mm long. Seeds c. 3–4 mm long.
Range
S1–3 East Africa.
Altitude range
60–500 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Friis, Alstrup & Michelsen 4675; Tardelli 195; Corradi 4639.
Distribution (external)
S Ethiopia

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