Albuca melleri (Baker) Baker

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Albuca melleri

Photo: Bart Wursten
Borrowdale Common Bridge

Albuca melleri

Photo: Bart Wursten
Borrowdale Common Bridge

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Common names:
Frequency: Common
Status: Native
Description:
Glabrous perennial, 60-100 cm. Leaves 0 at flowering time. Raceme 20-30 cm, terminal. Outer perianth segments 18-20 × 5 mm, yellow-green with a green central stripe; inner similar in colour and length to outer, slightly broader (7 mm). Capsule 15-18 mm.
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Habitat: In grassland, appearing in the hot dry season, prominent after a burn.
Altitude range: (metres)
Flowering time: Aug - Oct
Worldwide distribution:
Zimbabwe distribution: N,C,E,S
Growth form: P
Endemic status:
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Other sources of information about Albuca melleri:

African Plant Database: Albuca melleri
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Albuca melleri
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Albuca melleri
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Albuca melleri
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Albuca melleri
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Albuca melleri
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Albuca melleri
JSTOR Plant Science: Albuca melleri
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Albuca melleri
Kew Monocotyledon checklist: Albuca melleri
Tropicos: Albuca melleri
West African Plants database: Albuca melleri


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, 2002-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. & Ballings, P. (2013). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Albuca melleri.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=114200, retrieved 26 May 2013

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