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Whiteheadia bifolia

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Identification
Whiteheadia bifolia (Jacq.) Baker [family HYACINTHACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for WHITEHEADIA latifolia Harvey [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
WHITEHEADIA latifolia Harvey [family HYACINTHACEAE], Cape Gen. edit. 2, 396
WHITEHEADIA bifolia Baker [family HYACINTHACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 226.
Eucomis bifolia Jacq. [family HYACINTHACEAE], Collect. iv. 215; Ic. ii. 21, t. 449; Willd. Sp. Plant. ii. 92; Bot. Mag. t. 840; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 624; Kunth, Enum. iv. 303.
Basilæa bifolia Poir. [family ], Encyc. Suppl. i. 591.
Melanthium massoniæfolium Andr. [family MELANTHIACEAE], Bot. Rep. t. 368.
Information
bulb globose, 1 1/2–2 in. diam.; tunics brown, membranous; leaves 2, basal, spreading, round-oblong, subacute or emarginate, 6–8 in. long; peduncle subclavate, 1/2 ft. long; raceme dense, subspicate, 3–6 in. long; bracts round-cuspidate, 1–1 1/4 in. long, the upper empty; perianth greenish, 3/8 in. long; capsule 3/4 in. long. null
Distribution
WESTERN REGION Little Namaqualand, Whitehead! among rocks near Klip Fontein, 3000 ft., Bolus, 6565!

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