Ledebouria somaliensis (Baker) Stedje & Thulin |
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Family : Hyacinthaceae |
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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