| Ledebouria somaliensis (Baker) Stedje & Thulin |
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Family : Hyacinthaceae |
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Family (APGIII) : ASPARAGACEAE |
| Protologue : Fl. Trop. E. Africa 12 (1996) |
| Information on the genus : Ledebouria |
| Basionym : Scilla somaliensis Baker |
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Status
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Scilla somaliensis Baker (1892) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Drimia confertiflora Dammer (1905) |
| =Ledebouria confertiflora (Dammer) U. Müll. -Doblies & D. Müll. -Doblies (1997) |
| =Drimia coleae Baker (1897) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Bulb to 8 cm or more Ø; leaves several, ovate to oblanceolate or elliptic, to 20x7,5 cm, long-petiolate, often spotted purplish or dark green; inflorescence many-flowered, to 30 cm long (incl. to 15 cm long scape), ± dense; pedicels 2-3 mm long, ± thick; tepals united at base, narrowly oblong, reflexed at anthesis for most of the length, greenish, sometimes tinged purple, 0,9-1,3 cm long, tip obtuse; capsule depressed-globose, c. 8 mm long. |
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| Ecology : |
Deciduous bushland; grassland; open woodland; on sandy or rocky ground, and in deep red sandy soil; 50-1800 m alt. |
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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°15284 |
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