| Ledebouria apertiflora (Baker) Jessop |
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Family : Hyacinthaceae |
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Family (APGIII) : ASPARAGACEAE |
| Protologue : J. S. African Bot. 36: 254 (1970) |
| Information on the genus : Ledebouria |
| Basionym : Drimia apertiflora Baker |
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Status
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| Status for SA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Drimia apertiflora Baker |
| Scilla apertiflora (Baker) C. A. Sm. |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Scilla lorata Baker |
| =Scilla linearifolia Baker (1870) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Herb with subglobose bulb 2,5-6 cm long, scales tightly arranged, often pink towards the top; bulb without threads when torn; bulblets absent; leaves 4-7, erect, elliptic-linear, 20-35x < 2,5 cm, tapering almost from the base, upper surface dichromatic; inflorescence erect or flexuous, often with 50-150 flowers, of same length or longer than leaves, flowers c. 2,5 mm long, purple, tepals c. 0,8 mm wide, apices acute, style c. 1,2 mm long; capsule not recorded. |
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| Ecology : |
Ecology in our area ? |
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Included, erroneously, in L. ensifolia (Eckl.) S. Venter & T. J. Edwards in Bothalia 33: 49, 2003 (fide Venter, 2008: 92). |
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| Biol./Eco : |
perennial-Geophyte- Ht 0.05 - 0.1 m. Alt: 152 - 1615 m. Distribution: EC, FS, KN, LP, MP, NC, NW, WC, SWZ |
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Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- J. S. African Bot. 36: 254-255 (1970).
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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| Record n°15256 |
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