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Hypoxis angustifolia

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Name

Identification
Isotype of Hypoxis angustifolia Lam. [family HYPOXIDACEAE ] Hypoxis kilimanjarica Baker [family HYPOXIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Holt&Staubo,
Related name
  • Hypoxis luzuloides
  • Hypoxis abyssinica
  • Hypoxis kilimanjarica
  • Hypoxis camerooniana
  • Hypoxis angustifolia
  • Hypoxis oligophylla
  • Hypoxis villosa
Common name
  • slender star lily (Morton)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2

Flora

Entry for HYPOXIS angustifolia Lam. [family HYPOXIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, page 171, (1897) Author: (By J. G. BAKER).
Names
HYPOXIS angustifolia Lam. [family HYPOXIDACEAE], Encyc. iii. 182;—Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 767; Fisch. et C. A. Mey. Ind. Sem. Petrop. x. 49; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 111.
HYPOXIS biflora Baker [family HYPOXIDACEAE], in Journ. Bot. 1876, 181.
Information
corm oblong, 1/3 in. diam., with a long neck and brown membranous tunics; leaves 6–12, linear, thin in texture, 4–6 in. long, 1/6– 1/4 in. broad, slightly hairy; peduncles 1–4, slender, arcuate, hairy upwards; flowers often 2, corymbose; pedicels hairy, 1/2–1 in. long; bracts setaceous; perianth-limb 1/4– 1/3 in. long; segments oblong-lanceolate, pale yellow; outer green and hairy on the back; stamens half as long as the perianth-limb; anthers lanceolate, deeply sagittate; filament short; ovary turbinate, densely pilose, 1/6– 1/8 in. long; stigmas concrete; capsule small, hairy, turbinate. null
Range
Also found in Tropical Africa, Madagascar, and Mauritius.
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Tembuland; near Bazeia, 2000–2500 ft., Baur, 347! Var. β, Natal; Inanda, Wood, 426! 771! and without precise locality, Buchanan!KALAHARI REGION Orange Free State, Cooper, 1039!

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