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Family : Hyacinthaceae |
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Family (APGIII) : ASPARAGACEAE |
Protologue : Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 32: 93 (1902)  |
| Information on the genus : Albuca |
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Status
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| Statuts nomenclatural : uncertain status |
| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Herb to 1 m tall; leaves linear; scape long; raceme densely flowered, 40-50 cm long; bracts 2-3 cm long, 3-5 mm wide at base; pedicels 5 mm long; flowers campanulate; tepals 2,5-2,7x0,6-0,8 cm, yellow with a green keel; fruit 1,8 cm long, 1,5 cm wide. |
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| Ecology : |
Meadows on slope of rock, in sunny places wet in the rainy season; 900-1000 m alt. |
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Said to be near (A. angolensis Welw. =) A. abyssinica, but with longer and less dense raceme, and with wider and obtuse tepals. Taxonomic status uncertain. |
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? Known only from the type (Zenker 1507). Cameroon: Yaounde. Not mapped. |
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
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| Map |
| no map available |
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| Record n°14856 modified 2013-11-25 |
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