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Scilla richardiana

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Identification
Scilla richardiana Buching. ex Baker [family HYACINTHACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Ledebouria revoluta (L.f.) Jessop [family HYACINTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Ledebouria richardiana
  • Eratobotrys bifolia
  • Scilla richardiana
  • Ledebouria revoluta

Flora

Entry for SCILLA richardiana Buching. ex Baker [family HYACINTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 7, page 421, (1898) Author: (By J. G. Baker.)
Names
SCILLA richardiana Buching. ex Baker [family HYACINTHACEAE], in Saund. Ref. Bot. iii. App. 11. —Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 249; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 168;
Eratobotrys bifolia Hochst. ex A. Rich. [family ], Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 326;
Drimia bifolia Schweinf. [family HYACINTHACEAE], Beitr. Fl. Æthiop. 294, name only.
Information
Bulb ovoid, 1/2– 3/4 in. diam. Leaves 2, suberect, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 2–3 in. long, 1/2–1 in. broad, with an entirely sheathing petiole. Peduncle 2–5 in. long. Raceme lax, oblong, 1 1/2–3 in. long; lower pedicels 1/4– 1/3 in. long; bracts minute. Perianth campanulate, 1/6– 1/5 in. long, green or slightly tinged with purple; segments oblong-lanceolate. Stamens nearly as long as the perianth.
Distribution
Abyssinia Nile Land Walcha Plateau, in the province of Sana, Schimper, 1622! Tigre; between Mai Gouagoua and Debra Sina, Quartin-Dillon & Petit, 46 (80)! Amba Sea, Schimper, 1855 (ex Engler), and without precise locality, Schimper, 572!

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