| Ledebouria camerooniana (Baker) Speta |
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Family : Hyacinthaceae |
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Family (APGIII) : ASPARAGACEAE |
| Information on the genus : Ledebouria |
| Basionym : Scilla camerooniana Baker |
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Status
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Scilla camerooniana Baker |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Scilla dybowskii Hua (1897) |
| =Scilla edulis Hua (1897) |
| =Scilla huanica Poelln. (1944) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Herb to 35 cm tall; bulb 1-4 cm Ø; leaves 3-5, linear-lanceolate, 10-18-30 x 0,2-1,4-3,5 cm, often purple spotted; raceme simple, slender, 10-15 cm long; pedicels 2-5 mm long; flowers c. 6 mm long, tepals greenish or lilac, reflexed; capsule 3-lobed, 3 x c. 6 mm. |
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| Ecology : |
Inselbergs, between rocks; coastal savanna; edges of pools; on dry or humid soils; cultivated fields at river bank; 0-700 m alt. |
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Doubtfully distinct from L. sudanica (A. Chev. 1908) Burg 2006 (with broader leaves); intermediates between them exist (Fl. analyt. Bénin, l.c.). |
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Not mapped separately, but indicated on the map of S. sudanica outside that range. Distribution area: Bénin, (Nigeria), Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Centr. Afric. Rep. |
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
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| Record n°127580 |
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