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Ornithoglossum glaucum

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Identification
Ornithoglossum zeyheri (Baker) B.Nord. [family COLCHICACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Nordenstam, B., Ornithoglossum glaucum Salisb. [family COLCHICACEAE ] Verified by Nordenstam, B.,
Related name
  • Ornithoglossum zeyherii
  • Ornithoglossum vulgare
  • Ornithoglossum viride
  • Ornithoglossum glaucum
  • Ornithoglossum undulatum
  • Melanthium viride
  • Ornithoglossum zeyheri

Flora

Entry for ORNITHOGLOSSUM glaucum Salisb. [family COLCHICACEAE]
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
ORNITHOGLOSSUM glaucum Salisb. [family COLCHICACEAE], Parad. t. 54;—Schlecht. in Linnæa, i. 90; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 1536; Kunth, Enum. iv. 163; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 449.
ORNITHOGLOSSUM viride Ait. [family COLCHICACEAE], Hort. Kew. edit. 2, ii. 327.
Melanthium viride Linn. fil. [family MELANTHIACEAE], Suppl. 213; Thunb. Prodr. 67; Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 233; Bot. Mag. t. 994.
Lichtensteinia lævigata Willd. [family ], in Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berl. Mag. ii. 20.
Cymation lævigatum Spreng. [family ], Syst. ii. 142.
Information
corm small, ovoid, with an underground neck 2–3 in. long; stem about 1/2 ft. long including the inflorescence; leaves about 6, moderately firm in texture, amplexicaul, lanceolate, the lowest 4–6 in. long, 1/2– 3/4 in. broad, the upper gradually shorter; inflorescence corymbose or racemose; pedicels 1–2 in. long, at first ascending, finally reflexed; bracts lanceolate, foliaceous; perianth greenish-purple, 1/3– 3/4 in. long; stamens shorter than the perianth-segments; anthers yellow, 1/8– 1/6 in. long; capsule about as long as the perianth; styles 1/6– 1/4 in. long. null
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Somerset Div., Bowker, 25! Graaff Reinet Div.; near Graaff Reinet, 2500 ft., Bolus, 375! Bowker, 21! Fraserburg Div.; between Zak River and Kopjes Fontein, Burchell, 1502! Colesberg Div.; hills south of the Orange River, Hutton! Colesberg, 4500 ft., Drège! Var. α, Tulbagh Div.; on the Wind-heuvel, Koedoes Mountains, Burchell, 1283! Prince Albert Div.; by the Gamka River, Burke! Drège! Colesberg Div., Shaw! Var. β, Prince Albert Div.; by the Gamka River, Burke!COAST REGION Cape Div.; hills below Table Mountain, Thunberg. Camps Bay, Harvey! Var. β, Clanwilliam Div.; Berg Vallei, below 1000 ft., Drège! Zeyher, 1723!KALAHARI REGION Griqualand West; Dutoits Pan and Colesberg Kop, Mrs. Barber, 18! on the plains, Bowker, 15! Var. α, at the Kloof Village, Asbestos Mountains, Burchell, 2023!SOUTH AFRICA without locality; Var. α, Zeyher, 1724! Var. γ, Zeyher, 1721!

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