| Hypoxis canaliculata Baker |
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| Family : HYPOXIDACEAE |
| Information on the genus : Hypoxis |
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Status
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Resembling H. filiformis in habit, but: tunics fibrous, leaves 1 mm wide, flowers larger, tepals c. 1 cm long and densely whitish strigose-sericeous, with appressed stellate hairs on leaf margins and upper part of scape; also resembling H. symoensiana but seeds black with a thin cuticle. |
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| Ecology : |
Sandy hill-pastures, plentiful. |
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However, cited by Wiland-Szyma?ska (2001: 314) also from Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Zaire/Shaba, Muhila (see our map p. 000). The species occurs perhaps there, but more studies are needed to confirm its presence outside Angola. |
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Originally described from Angola (known only from the type, Welwitsch 4057 |
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
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| Record n°22800 |
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