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Eriospermum kirkii

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Name

Identification
Eriospermum kirkii Baker [family ERIOSPERMACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Unknown,
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Entry for ERIOSPERMUM Kirkii Baker [family ERIOSPERMACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 7, page 421, (1898) Author: (By J. G. Baker.)
Names
ERIOSPERMUM Kirkii Baker [family ERIOSPERMACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 267.
Information
Tuber globose, 1 in. diam. Leaves 2 to a tuber, contemporary with the flowers, distinctly petiolate, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute, moderately firm, glabrous, 5–6 in. long, 1–2 in. broad at the middle. Peduncle slender, 6–9 in. long. Raceme moderately dense, 2–4 in. long; pedicels ascending, the lower 1/2–1 in. long; bracts ovate-lanceolate, white, with a brown keel. Perianth 1/4 in. long; segments linear-oblong, white, with a distinct brown keel. Stamens half as long as the perianth; filaments filiform; anthers subglobose, minute. Capsule 1/3 in. long; valves obovate, reflexing.
Distribution
Portuguese East Africa Mozamb. Dist. on the Lower Zambesi; between Lupata and Sena, Kirk! and Shupanga, Kirk!Nyasaland Mozamb. Dist. Shire Highlands, Buchanan, 65! between Blantyre and Matope, Scott!

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