Drimia macrantha (Baker) Baker

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Drimia macrantha

Photo: Bart Wursten
Borrowdale Common, nr cnr Lanner Ave/Teviotdale Ave

Drimia macrantha

Photo: Bart Wursten
Borrowdale Common, nr cnr Lanner Ave/Teviotdale Ave

Drimia macrantha

Photo: Bart Wursten
Borrowdale Common, nr cnr Lanner Ave/Teviotdale Ave

Drimia macrantha

Photo: Ryan Truscott
Near Avonlea, Harare

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Synonyms: Ornithogalum macranthum Baker
Thuranthos macranthum (Baker) C.H. Wright
Urginea macrantha (Baker) Phill.
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Frequency:
Status: Native
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Derivation of specific name: macrantha: large-flowered
Habitat: In vleis
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Zimbabwe distribution: N,C
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Images last updated: Saturday 6 September 2008
Literature:

Kativu, S. & Drummond, R.B. (1994). New combination in the genus Thuranthos C.H. Wright and a new record for T. macranthum (Baker) C.H. Wright in Zimbabwe Kirkia 15(1) Pages 115 - 116. (Includes a picture).

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 91.


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External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Drimia macrantha
African Plant Database: Drimia macrantha
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Drimia macrantha
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Drimia macrantha
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Drimia macrantha
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Drimia macrantha
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Drimia macrantha
JSTOR Plant Science: Drimia macrantha
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Drimia macrantha
Plants of the World Online: Drimia macrantha
Tropicos: Drimia macrantha
Wikipedia: Drimia macrantha


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Drimia macrantha.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=114240, retrieved 29 March 2024

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