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Wurmbea campanulata

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Identification
Isotype of Wurmbea elatior B.Nord. [family COLCHICACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Nordenstam,B., Wurmbea campanulata Willd. [family COLCHICACEAE ]
Related name
  • Dryandra capensis
  • Wurmbea campanulata
  • Melanthium monopetalum
  • Wurmbea elatior
  • Melanthium nectariferum
  • Falkia
  • Wurmbea capensis
  • Wurmbea purpurea
  • Sparmannia

Flora

Entry for WURMBEA capensis Thunb. [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
WURMBEA capensis Thunb. [family COLCHICACEAE], Nov. Gen. Pl. i. 18, with pl.
WURMBEA campanulata Willd. [family COLCHICACEAE], Sp. Pl. ii. 265; Lam. Ill. t. 270; Ait. Hort. Kew. edit. 2, ii. 325; Kunth, Enum. iv. 159; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 435.
Melanthium monopetalum Linn. fil. [family MELANTHIACEAE], Suppl. 213; Bot. Mag. t. 1291.
Melanthium spicatum N. L. Burm. [family MELANTHIACEAE], Fl. Cap. Prod. 11.
Melanthium wurmbeum Thunb. [family MELANTHIACEAE], Prodr. 67; Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 338.
Melanthium remotum Ker [family MELANTHIACEAE], in Bot. Mag. sub t. 694; Kunth, Enum. iv. 162 (a lax, few-flowered form).
Wurmbea remota Herb. Banks. ex Ker [family COLCHICACEAE], loc. cit.
Information
corm small, ovoid; underground neck 2–3 in. long; stem 1/2–1 ft. long including the spike; produced leaves 3–4, lanceolate or linear, acuminate 3–9 in. long, channelled down the face and clasping the stem at the base, the upper shorter with a dilated base; spike few- or many-flowered, lax or dense, 1–4 in. long; perianth 1/3– 1/2 in. long; tube campanulate; segments lanceolate, acute, whitish, longer than the tube, with two distinct black glands on the face a short distance above the base; filaments 1/8– 1/6 in. long; carpels narrowed gradually into falcate styles 1/8 in. long. null
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Somerset Div.; summit of Bosch Berg, 4500 ft., MacOwan, 979! Aliwal North Div.; Witte Bergen, 7000–8000 ft., Drège, 3512!COAST REGION Malmesbury Div.; Groene Kloof and elsewhere, Thunberg. Albany Div.; near King William's Town, Mrs. Barber! Queenstown Div.; damp valleys amongst the mountains, Mrs. Barber! Var. α, Malmesbury Div.; Groene Kloof, MacOwan, 2563! MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm. Aust. Afr., 802! Pappe! Paarl Div.; between Paarl and Lady Grey Railway Bridge, below 1000 ft., Drège! Stellenbosch, Sanderson, 979! Var. γ, Cape Div.; near Riet Vallei, Mund and Maire. Cape Flats, Bergius. Simons Bay, Wright! Var. δ, Clanwilliam Div.; between Groene River and Watervals River, 2500–3000 ft., Drège, 2660b! Clanwilliam, Mader, 183! Tulbagh, Thom! Caledon Div.; Villiersdorp Grey! Var. ζ, Riversdale Div.; near Zoetmelks River, Burchell, 6628! Port Elizabeth, E S.C.A. Herb., 13!EASTERN REGION Griqualand East; Ingeli, near Kokstad, 6500 ft., Tyson, 1281!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, var. β, specimens at Kew without indication of collector! Var. γ, Zeyher, 1722! Var. ε, Harvey, 100!

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