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Ornithogalum thunbergianum

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Name

Identification
Ornithogalum thunbergianum Baker [family HYACINTHACEAE ]
Related name
  • Ornithogalum thunbergianum

Flora

Entry for ORNITHOGALUM thunbergianum 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
ORNITHOGALUM thunbergianum Baker [family HYACINTHACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 269
ORNITHOGALUM maculatum Thunb. [family HYACINTHACEAE], Prodr. 62; Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 314; Kunth, Enum. iv. 352, non Jacq.
Information
bulb globose, 1/2 in. diam.; leaves 3–4, linear or lanceolate, glabrous, much shorter than the stem; peduncle slender, 3–12 in. long; flowers 1–6; pedicels very short; bracts ovate cuspidate, 1/4– 1/2 in. long; perianth campanulate, yellowish, 1/3– 1/2 in. long; segments oblong, obtuse, 1/4 in. broad, the three outer spotted at the tip with black; stamens half as long as the perianth; alternate filaments lanceolate; ovary ovoid, 1/6 in. long; style very short, cylindrical. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Malmesbury Div.; Saldanha Bay, Thunberg! Pappe! near Malmesbury, 500 ft., Bolus, 4346! Paarl Div.; Paarl Mountains, 1000–2000 ft., Drège, 8668!SOUTH AFRICA without locality; Var. β, Forster!

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