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Eriospermum cooperi

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Name

Identification
Eriospermum platyphyllum Baker [family ERIOSPERMACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Eriospermum cooperi Baker [family ERIOSPERMACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Eriospermum cooperi
  • Eriospermum natalense
  • Eriospermum hygrophilum
  • Eriospermum platyphyllum

Flora

Entry for ERIOSPERMUM Cooperi Baker [family ERIOSPERMACEAE]
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
ERIOSPERMUM Cooperi Baker [family ERIOSPERMACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 265
Information
tuber unknown; leaf developed after the flowers, solitary, cordate-ovate, with a long petiole; peduncle above a foot long; raceme short and very dense in the flowering stage; lower pedicels 1/8– 1/6 in. long; bracts lanceolate-deltoid, nearly as long as the pedicels; perianth campanulate, 1/6 in. long; segments oblong, obtuse; outer all brown; inner white with a brown keel; stamens shorter than the perianth; filaments lanceolate; capsule obconic, 1/4 in. long; hair of the seeds brownish white. null
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Natal; in a valley near Van Reenens Pass, 5000–6000 ft., Wood, 4519!KALAHARI REGION Basutoland, Cooper, 3307! 3310!

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