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Massonia versicolor

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Name

Identification
Massonia versicolor Baker [family HYACINTHACEAE ] Massonia echinata L.f. [family HYACINTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by A.M. van der Merwe, Massonia calvata Baker [family HYACINTHACEAE ]
Related name
  • Massonia versicolor
  • Massonia calvata
  • Massonia echinata

Flora

Entry for MASSONIA versicolor Baker [family HYACINTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, page 253, (1897) Author: (By J. G. BAKER).
Names
MASSONIA versicolor Baker [family HYACINTHACEAE], in Journ. Bot. 1876, 184
Information
bulb ovoid, under an inch in diameter; leaves ovate or roundish, acute, glabrous, 1 1/2–2 in. long and broad; capitulum dense, sessile, globose, 1 in. diam.; outer bracts ovate, acute, much imbricated, 1/2 in. long; outer pedicels very short; perianth white; tube cylindrical, 1/4 in. long; segments lanceolate, reflexing, shorter than the tube; filaments cylindrical, 1/6 in. long; anthers oblong, minute. null
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Somerset Div.; banks of the Little Fish River, 2500 ft., MacOwan, 2178!

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