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Hypoxis kilimanjarica

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Identification
Hypoxis kilimanjarica Baker [family HYPOXIDACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet., Hypoxis kilimanjarica E.M.Holt & Staubo [family HYPOXIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Hypoxis kilimanjarica
  • Hypoxis incisa
  • Hypoxis angustifolia

Flora

Entry for HYPOXIS kilimanjarica Baker [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 kilimanjarica Baker [family HYPOXIDACEAE]
Information
Tuber globose, perennial, 1/4– 1/3 in. diam.; relics of old leaves brown, membranous. Leaves 4–5 to a tuber, firm, narrowly linear, nearly or quite glabrous, 3–6 in. long, 1/2 lin. broad. Peduncles solitary, very short, 1-flowered. Perianth-segments yellow, 1/4 in. long; outer green and hairy outside. Stamens more than half as long as the perianth-segments. Ovary turbinate, hairy, 1/8 in. long.
Distribution
German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Kilimanjaro; above Mamba, 5000 ft., Volkens, 781!

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