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Hypoxis nyasica

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Identification
Hypoxis nyasica Baker [family HYPOXIDACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet., Hypoxis villosa L. [family HYPOXIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Hypoxis nyasica
  • Hypoxis probata
  • Hypoxis villosa
  • Hypoxis obtusa

Flora

Entry for HYPOXIS nyasica 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 nyasica Baker [family HYPOXIDACEAE], in Kew Bulletin, 1897, 284.
Information
Tuber large; sheaths glabrous. Leaves firm, linear, slightly hairy, 1 ft. long, 1/4 in. broad. Peduncles up to 6–7 to a tuft, hairy upwards, spreading or ascending, shorter than the leaves. Flowers few in a lax raceme; pedicels short, hairy; bracts linear, minute. Segments of the limb lanceolate, 1/4– 1/3 in. long, hairy outside. Stamens half as long as the limb. Ovary turbinate, hairy. Capsule circumscissile at the middle.
Distribution
Nyasaland Mozamb. Dist. Mount Zomba, 4000–6000 ft., Whyte! Whyte & McClounie! Mount Malosa, 4000–6000 ft., Whyte! Zomba Rock, Whyte!

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