Compilation
Albuca cooperi

5 Images see all

Previous
Next

Name

Identification
Albuca cooperi Baker [family HYACINTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Ute & Dietrich Müller-Doblies,
Related name
  • Albuca collina
  • Albuca flaccida
  • Albuca cooperi

Flora

Entry for ALBUCA Cooperi Baker [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
ALBUCA Cooperi Baker [family HYACINTHACEAE], in Journ. Bot. 1874, 366
ALBUCA flaccida Baker [family HYACINTHACEAE], in Ref. Bot. t. 334, non Jacq.
Information
bulb ovoid, 3/4–1 in. diam.; tunics splitting into long fine fibres at the tip; leaves about 4 to a bulb, linear, acuminate, glabrous, 1/2–1 ft. long, 1/4 in. broad low down; peduncle slender, 1/2–1 ft. long; flowers inodorous, 4–8 in a lax raceme; flower-pedicels cernuous at the apex, lower 1–1 1/2 in. long; bracts ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 1/2– 3/4 in. long; perianth 3/4–1 in. long, pale yellow, broadly banded with green turning to red-brown; outer stamens sterile; style prismatic, rather longer than the ovary. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Cape Div.; sides of Table Mountain, Pappe!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Forster! Harvey, 812! Zeyher, 1714!

Related Materials