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Synonyms: |
Anthericum intricatum Baker Asparagus cuscutoides Burch. ex Baker Drimia intricata (Baker) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt Schizobasis angolensis Baker Schizobasis buchubergensis Dinter Schizobasis dinteri K.Krause Schizobasis gracilis R.E. Fr. Schizobasis macowanii Baker Schizobasis schlechteri Baker |
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Perennial herb growing from a globose bulb, 2.5-3.7 cm in diameter. Leaves 4-10, basal, terete, erect, 7.5-10 cm long, normally gone before the stems appear; scape erect, 7.5-30 cm tall including the inflorescence; peduncle as long as the panicle, sometimes spirally twisted; panicle, 7.5-25 cm long and broad, very lax, with zigzag rhachis, slender, spreading, or ascending; pedicels 1-2.5 cm long. Flowers bell-shaped, 0.4 cm long; segments oblong-obtuse, white or yellow, with a distinct brown keel; capsule ellipsoid, 4-5 mm long. |
Notes: | For now we have treated Schizobasis intricata as a broadly defined variable species as suggested by Manning, Deacon & Goldblatt (2014) and Stedje (pers. comm. 2019) and have included S. angolensis Baker as a synonym. |
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Habitat: | Among rocks on hillsides |
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Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini and South Africa |
Mozambique distribution: | N,MS (other?) |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: | Friday 5 February 2016 |
Literature: |
Manning, J.C., Deacon, J. & Goldblatt, P. (2014). A review of the Schizobasis group of Drimia Jacq. (Hyacinthaceae: Urgineoideae), and the new species D. sigmoidea from the Western Cape, South Africa South African Journal of Botany 94 Pages 264 - 267. As Drimia intricata (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. Also as Schizobasis angolensis Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 115. As Schizobasis angolensis Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 123. also as Drimia intricata Stedje, B. (1996). Hyacinthaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 28 - 29. (Includes a picture). |
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