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Hypoxis fischeri

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Identification
Hypoxis fischeri Pax [family HYPOXIDACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet., Hypoxis obtusa-complex ? [family HYPOXIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Hypoxis katangensis
  • Hypoxis fischeri
  • Hypoxis obtusa-complex

Flora

Entry for HYPOXIS Fischeri Pax [family HYPOXIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 7, page 376, (1898) Author: (By J. G. Baker.)
Names
HYPOXIS Fischeri Pax [family HYPOXIDACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 143.
Information
Tuber large, perennial. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, 1–1 1/2 ft. long, 1 in. broad low down, coriaceous, persistently clothed on both surfaces with soft whitish hairs. Peduncle densely hairy, much shorter than the leaves. Raceme dense, many-flowered, 3–4 in. long; pedicels very short; bracts linear, hairy, much shorter than the flowers. Perianth-limb above 1/2 in. long; segments yellow, lanceolate; outer very hairy outside. Stamens half as long as the perianth-limb. Ovary-obconic, very hairy; stigmas free.
Distribution
East Tropical Africa . Without locality, Fischer, 611!
Notes
No specimen in the Kew Herbarium.

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