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Eucomis amaryllidifolia

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Name

Identification
Eucomis amaryllidifolia Baker [family HYACINTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Unknown,
Related name
  • Eucomis undulata
  • Eucomis regia
  • Eucomis amaryllidifolia

Flora

Entry for EUCOMIS amaryllidifolia 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 amaryllidifolia Baker [family HYACINTHACEAE], in Gard. Chron. 1878, x. 492
Information
bulb ovoid, 1 1/2–2 in. diam.; leaves 5–6, lorate-lanceolate, obtuse or acute, unspotted, finally 12–15 in. long, 1 1/4–1 1/2 in. broad at the middle, not crisped; peduncle under a foot long, unspotted, cylindrical; raceme dense, oblong, 2–3 in. long, 1 1/2 in. diam.; pedicels very short; leaves of the coma 15–20, oblong, acute, membranous, crisped; perianth green, 1/2 in. long; segments oblong; stamens half as long as the perianth. null
Distribution
KALAHARI REGION Orange Free State; Caledon River, Burke!
Notes
Described from a plant sent from Prof. MacOwan, which flowered at Kew in August, 1878.

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