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Eriospermum mackenii

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Name

Identification
Eriospermum galpinii Schinz [family ERIOSPERMACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Eriospermum mackenii (Hook.f.) Baker [family ERIOSPERMACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Eriospermum phippsii
  • Bulbine mackenii
  • Eriospermum galpinii
  • Eriospermum mackenii

Flora

Entry for ERIOSPERMUM Mackenii 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 Mackenii Baker [family ERIOSPERMACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 266
Bulbine Mackenii Hook. fil. [family ASPHODELACEAE], in Bot. Mag. t. 5955.
Information
tuber globose, firm in texture, 1 1/2 in. diam., with a brown skin and copious, long, slender root-fibres; leaves 2–3 to a stem, developed with the flowers, oblong-spathulate, sessile, glabrous, reaching 6 in. long, 1 1/2 in. broad at the middle; peduncle a foot or more long; raceme moderately dense, 2–4 in. long, above an inch in diameter; pedicels erecto-patent; lower 1/2–1 in. long; bracts small, ovate; perianth campanulate, 1/3 in. long; segments oblanceolate-oblong, pale yellow, with a broad greenish keel; stamens shorter than the perianth; filaments slightly flattened. null
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Transkei; on flats by the Bashee River, Barber, 18! Tembuland; Tabase, near Bazeia, 2000–2500 ft., Baur, 377! Natal; Inanda, Wood, 259! and without precise locality, Mrs. K. Saunders!

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