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Eucomis pallidiflora

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Name

Identification
Eucomis pallidiflora Baker [family HYACINTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Unknown,
Related name
  • Eucomis pole-evansii
  • Eucomis pallidiflora

Flora

Entry for EUCOMIS pallidiflora Baker [family HYACINTHACEAE]
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
EUCOMIS pallidiflora Baker [family HYACINTHACEAE], in Gard. Chron. 1887, ii. 154
Information
leaves lorate-lanceolate, acute, moderately firm, persistent, above 2 ft. long, 2–3 in. broad at the middle, not undulated; peduncle cylindrical, 1/2 ft. long, 1/2 in. diam.; raceme moderately dense, 8–9 in. long, 2 in. diam.; lower pedicels erecto-patent, about 1/2 in. long; upper sometimes patent; lower bracts ovate; central longer, lanceolate; leaves of coma about a dozen, ovate, membranous, acute; perianth green, 1/2– 5/8 in. long; segments oblong; stamens much shorter than the perianth; capsule shorter than the perianth. null
Distribution
KALAHARI REGION Orange Free State, Cooper, 1195!
Notes
Described from a plant cultivated by Mr. W. E. Gumbleton, introduced by Mr. Nelson from S. E. Africa.

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