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Wurmbea purpurea

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Name

Identification
Wurmbea purpurea Aiton [family COLCHICACEAE ] Wurmbea marginata (Desr.) B.Nord. [family COLCHICACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Nordenstam,B.,
Related name
  • Wurmbea campanulata
  • Wurmbea purpurea
  • Wurmbea marginata

Flora

Entry for WURMBEA capensis Baker var. α, purpurea [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 Baker var. α, purpurea [family COLCHICACEAE]
WURMBEA campanulata Kunth var. purpurea [family COLCHICACEAE], Enum. iv. 160.
WURMBEA purpurea Dryand. [family COLCHICACEAE], in Ait. Hort. Kew. edit. 2, ii. 326.
WURMBEA capensis Andr. [family COLCHICACEAE], Bot. Rep. t. 221.
Melanthium spicatum Ker [family MELANTHIACEAE], in Bot. Mag. t. 694.
Melanthium revolutum Ker [family MELANTHIACEAE], in Bot. Mag. sub t. 694 (form with recurved linear segments).
Information
flowers dark purplish-black; segments much longer than the campanulate tube. null

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