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Savannosiphon euryphyllus

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Identification
Lapeirousia euryphylla Harms [family IRIDACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Savannosiphon euryphyllus (Harms) Goldblatt & Marais [family IRIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
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  • Lapeirousia euryphylla
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Flora

Entry for Savannosiphon euryphyllus Harms Goldblatt & Marais [family IRIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 12, Part 4, (1993) Author: P. Goldblatt
Names
Savannosiphon euryphyllus Harms Goldblatt & Marais [family IRIDACEAE], in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 66: 849 (1979). TAB. 8 fig. A. Type from Tanzania.
Lapeirousia euryphylla Harms [family IRIDACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 366 (1900). — Geerinck et al. in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 105: 346 (1972). Type as above.
Acidanthera euryphylla Harms Diels [family IRIDACEAE], in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenf. ed. 2, 15a: 492 (1930).
Information
Plants 15–30 cm high. Corms c. 1 cm in diameter; tunics of medium to coarse fibres. Leaves 3–5, the lower 1–2(3) broadly laminate, about as long as or slightly longer than the stem, lanceolate, plicate; the upper leaves shorter and partly to almost entirely sheathing. Stem erect, compressed and 2-winged, unbranched. Spike 1–4(6)-flowered; bracts 4–6(20) cm long, green, the inner shorter than the outer. Flowers white, night-blooming, odourless, actinomorphic; perianth tube 8–12.5 cm long, nearly cylindrical; tepals 4–5 cm long, lanceolate, acute, the uppermost tepal sometimes larger and somewhat hooded. Filaments inserted 15 mm below the mouth of the perianth tube; anthers c. 10 mm long, with prominent acute appendages, entirely included or partly emerging from the perianth tube. Style dividing near the apex of the anthers, usually the apices of the style branches exserted from the perianth tube. Capsules c. 15 mm long.
Habitat
In woodland, often associated with termite mounds.
Distribution
Zambia N Lake Young, Ishiba (Shiwa) Ngandu, c. 1350 m, 17.i.1959, Richards 10717 (K).Malawi N Mzuzu, Marymount, 20.ii.1976, Pawek 10861 (MO; SRGH; WAG).Mozambique N Massangulo, i.1933. Gomes e Sousa 1252 (COI; K; LMA; WAG).Zambia W Solwezi Distr., 10 km W of Mutanda, 19.i.1975, Brummitt, Polhill & Chisumpa 13847 (K; NDO; SRGH; WAG).Zambia C c. 9 km E of Lusaka, 16.i.1956, King 272 (K).Zambia E Cikhasu (Kundu), Luangwa Valley, near river, 13.i.1966, Astle 4374 (NDO; SRGH).Malawi C near Chinthembwe (Chintembe) Mission, road into Ntchisi Forest Reserve, 14.i.1967, Hilliard & Burtt 4497 (MAL; SRGH).Malawi S Ntcheu Distr., Lake View Mission, 17.i.1972, Salubeni 1719 (MAL).
Distribution (external)
Tanzania
Zaire (Shaba)
Notes
Flowering in January and February.

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