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Synonyms: |
Hypoxis luzuloides Robyns & Tournay. |
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Description: | Slender perennial herb, up to 45 cm tall, growing from a vertical, subglobose rhizome, 1.5-3 cm long. Leaves 4-14, linear, up to 40 cm long, hairless or with 2-armed hairs on margins and midrib beneath. Inflorescences 1-6, 15-20 cm long, appressed hairy, 1-4-flowered; pedicels 12-40 mm long, appressed hairy; bracts 5-17 mm long filiform, shorter than the pedicels. Flowers yellow, 10-18 mm in diameter. Capsule turbinate-cylindric, 5-15 mm long, thinly hairy. Seeds dark brown, papillose with 4 wing-like ribs on each papilla. | |
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Derivation of specific name: | angustifolia: narrow-leaved | |
Flowering time: | All year | |
Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in tropical Africa and Mauritius | |
Growth form(s): | Perennial. | |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species | |
Literature: |
Bandeira, S., Bolnick, D. & Barbosa, F. (2007). Wild Flowers of Southern Mozambique Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique Page 68. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 33. As Hypoxis angustifolia angustifolia Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 127. 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. Nordal, I. & Zimudzi, C. (2001). Hypoxidaceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(3) Pages 6 - 7. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 115. Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Dowsett-Lemaire, F., Congdon, C., Branch, B., Collins, S., Curran, M., Dowsett, R,J., Fishpool, L., Francisco, J., Harris, Kopp, M. & de Sousa, C. (2012). Mt Mabu, Mozambique: Biodiversity and Conservation Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London Page 71. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 83. Zimudzi, C. (1996). A synopsis of Hypoxidaceae in the Flora Zambesiaca area Kirkia 16(1) Page 15. |
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