Eriospermum mackenii (Hook. f.) Baker
subsp. mackenii

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Castle Beacon, Vumba

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Along secondary dirt road below Mt Buchwa near junction with main Zvishavane Rutenga road.

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Synonyms:	Bulbine mackenii Hook. f. Eriospermum junodi Baker Eriospermum veratriforme Poelln.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Perennial herb up to 40 cm high, growing from a subglobose tuber. Leaves 2-5, present together with the flowers, ovate, up to 9 cm long, hairless, basally channelled. Inflorescence up to 50-flowered raceme on a peduncle up to 20 cm long. Bracts ovate, 1-2 mm long. Pedicels up to 25 mm long. Flowers up to 12 mm in diameter, bell-shaped with equal tepals, bright yellow with a green mid-vein. Capsule obovoid, c.8 mm long.
Type location:	South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal cultivated in Hort. Kew.
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Derivation of specific name:	mackenii: after Mark Johnston McKen (1823-1872), Scottish plant collector and herbarium curator at the Durban Botanic Gardens.
Habitat:	In rocky grassland.
Altitude range: (metres)	50 - 1900 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa.
National distribution:	MS,M
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Images last updated:	Tuesday 16 August 2016
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 90. Perry, P.L. (2010). Eriospermaceae Flora Zambesiaca 13(2) Pages 2 - 3. (Includes a picture).

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