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Ammocharis baumii
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Picture: Geoff Nichols
Mahango Game Reserve, Caprivi
Picture: Geoff Nichols
Mahango Game Reserve, Caprivi
Picture: Geoff Nichols
Mahango Game Reserve, Caprivi
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| Synonyms: |
Crinum baumii Harms |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
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. |
| Type location: |
Chirumbu, Angola |
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| Derivation of specific name: | baumii: named for the collector of the type specimen, Baum 273. |
| Habitat: | In arid areas. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Botswana, Namibia (including Caprivi), Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | C |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Tuesday 11 December 2018 |
| Literature: |
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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