Synonyms:
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Crinum baumii Harms
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Frequency:
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Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Leaves in a rosette, narrowly linear, 2-4 mm wide, erect. Scape up to 12 cm tall at flowering time, erect; inflorescence of 1-2 flowers. Perianth tube 10-13 cm long; segments linear, abruptly spreading, white with a deep red keel. Stamens arcuate, ascending; filaments white, becoming red. Fruit up to 0.5 cm broad, subspherical, not beaked. |
Notes:
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Cultivated from seed collected in Caprivi. |
Derivation of specific name:
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baumii: named for the collector of the type specimen, Baum 273. |
Habitat:
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In arid areas. |
Altitude range: (metres) |
100 - 1200 m |
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Worldwide distribution:
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Botswana, Namibia (including Caprivi), Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa |
Zimbabwe distribution:
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N,W,C |
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Endemic status:
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Insects associated with this species:
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Spot characters:
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Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: |
Tuesday 11 December 2018 |
Literature:
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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 84. as Crinum baumii
Zimudzi, C., Archer, R.H., Kwembeya, E.G. & Nordal, I. (2008). Amaryllidacae Flora Zambesiaca 13(1) Pages 131 - 132.
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