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Kniphofia umbrina

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Identification
Isotype of Kniphofia umbrina Codd [family ASPHODELACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Codd,
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Entry for Kniphofia umbrina [family ALOACEAE]
Herbarium
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbarium, Cape Town (SAM)
Collection
Flora of Southern Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of South Africa, (2003) Author: Dr J.P. Roux
Names
Kniphofia umbrina [family ALOACEAE]
Information
Plants with several stems. Leaves somewhat flaccid, at first erect, later reflexed, 450-700 x 10-20 mm, V-shaped in cross section, mid-green; margin and keel smooth. Scape overtop­ping leaves, 700-900 mm tall. Raceme sub-cylindrical, very dense, 70-150 x 15-20 mm; buds purplish brown; flowers reddish brown to burnt amber, drying blackish, slightly scented. Bracts linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 9-11 mm long; margin entire. Pedicels 0.5 mm long. Perianth cylindrical, 8-9 mm long, Stamens exserted by up to 2 mm at anthesis. Fruit ovoid-triquetrous, 5-6 mm long. Flowering time: February to early March. Figure 4A-C.
Habitat
With its brown, slightly scented flowers and bullrush-like raceme, it shows an obvious relationship to the next species, K. typhoides, but differs in several characters: the leaves are not distichously arranged nor glaucous and are V-shaped in cross section; the perianth is longer and more pendulous; and the bracts are longer and acuminate, not rounded, as in K. typhoides.
Use
4. Kniphofia umbrina Codd in Bothalia 9: 141 (1966); Codd: 406 (1968). Type: Swaziland, 6.5 km south of Forbes Reef, Bruce 272 (PRE, holo.!).
Range
Known from only a small area south of Forbes Reef in Swaziland at an altitude of about 1 500 m where it grows on grassy slopes. Map 2.

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