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Hypoxis matangensis

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Identification
Hypoxis matangensis G.M.Schulze [family HYPOXIDACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet., Hypoxis obtusa-complex Holt & Staubo ? [family HYPOXIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Hypoxis obtusa-complex
  • Hypoxis matangensis

Flora

Entry for Hypoxis fischeri (Schulze) Wiland & Nordal var. zernyi [family HYPOXIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (2006) Author: J. WILAND-SZYMAŃSKA & I. NORDAL
Names
Hypoxis fischeri (Schulze) Wiland & Nordal var. zernyi [family HYPOXIDACEAE], comb. et stat. nov. Type: Tanzania, WSW of Songea, Mt Lupembe, Zerny 20 (W!, holo.; B!, iso.)
Hypoxis zernyi Schulze [family HYPOXIDACEAE], in N.B.G.B. 14: 375 (1939)
Hypoxis matangensis Schulze [family HYPOXIDACEAE], in N.B.G.B. 14: 376 (1939). Type: Tanzania, Songea District, WSW of Songea, Linda–Uyangayanga road, Zerny 374 (B!, holo.)
Hypoxis obtusa complex [family HYPOXIDACEAE], sensu Nordal et al. in Nordic J. Bot. 5: 28 (1985) pro parte
Information
Plants growing separately or in clumps. Corm yellow or orange inside, getting bluish exposed to air, with a light acrid smell. Leaves yellow-green, reddish in basal part, 2.4–5.7 cm wide, tomentose, whitish or yellowish bifurcate hairs on lamina. Seeds glossy, testa finely papillose (as in Fig. 1: 2 & 5, p. 4). Fig. 2, p. 15.
Range
DISTR. T 2, 4, 7, 8
Altitude range
1400–2600 m
Distribution
TANZANIA Ufipa District Mt Malonje, escarpment near Sumbawanga, 1 Jan. 1967, Schultze 238!TANZANIA Iringa District N of escarpment forest & S of Iringa–Mbeya Road, between Nyololo and Mafinga [James & John’s Corner], 29 Oct. 1973, Spjut & Muchai 3461!TANZANIA Mbeya District Pungaluma Hills above Mshewe Village, 25 Nov. 1989, Lovett & Kayombo 3473!
Distribution (external)
Zambia
Malawi
Mozambique

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