Urginea altissima (Linn. f.) Bak. [family HYACINTHACEAE]

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 3, Part 1,
Names
Urginea altissima (Linn. f.) Bak. [family HYACINTHACEAE], in J. Linn. Soc. 13: 221 (1872); Chev. Bot. 655; Berhaut. Fl. Sén. 5, 181; Morton, W. Afr. Lilies & Orch. t. 3.
Ornithogalum altissimum Linn. f. [family HYACINTHACEAE], , Suppl199 (1781)
O. giganteum Jacq. [family ], , HortSchoent87 (1797)
Drimia altissima (Linn. f.) Ker-Gawl. [family HYACINTHACEAE], in BotMagt1074 (1808)
D. barteri (1870)-F.T.A. [family ], 7: 526
Urginea micrantha (A. Rich.) Solms-Laub. [family HYACINTHACEAE], (1867)-ChevBot656.
Information
Inflorescence 11/2-7 ft. high appearing without leaves during the dry season from a large bulb; flowers whitish;very common in savanna.
Habitat
very common in savanna
Distribution
Sen.: Kaolak (Feb.) Berhaut 898! Bondou (Mar.) Heudelot 355!Gam.: N. Bank, Gambia R. (July) Ozanne 33!Mali: Bamako (Jan.) Chev. 236! Kati (Jan.) Chev. 192! Couroula Chev. 735.Guin.: Timbo to Farana Chev. 13313!S. L.: Burbridge 541! Kafogo (Apr.) Sc. Elliot 5537! Musaia (Apr.) Deighton 4736! Loma Mt. (Mar.) Jaeger 9566!Iv. C.: Mt. Zan, Upper Sassandra Chev. 21562! Gouékouma, Upper Sassandra Chev. 21656!U. Volta: Banankalidoro to Bama Chev. 930.Ghana: Kintampo Scarp, Wenchi-Sunyani Dist. Hepper 8 Morton A3187! Salaga Krause! Dutukpene, Buem-Krachi Dist. (Mar.) Hepper 8 Morton A3062! Afram Plains (Feb.) Cansdale 10! Kpong, Volta R. Dist. (Jan.) Johnson 618!N. Nig.: Nupe Barter 1183! Sokoto (Dec) Dalz. 442! Vom, JosS. Nig.: Ado Rowland!Enugu (fr. Mar.) Irvine 3623! Bendi, Obudu Dist. (fr. June) Jones 8 Onochi FHI 18998!W. Cam.: Bamenda, 6,000 ft. (Jan.) Migeod 353! Bum, Wum Div. (Feb.) Hepper 1922!
Notes
[A variable species. Morton (l.c.) draws attention to at least three forms occuring in W. Africa: large, medium and small sized plants which usually grow in uniform populations.]
Urginea altissima (Linn. f.) Bak. [family HYACINTHACEAE]
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