New combinations in Drimia Jacq. ex Wild. (Hyacinthaceae: Urgineoideae) and an updated key to the southern African species
Author
Manning, John
text
Bothalia
2022
a 2
2022-03-07
52
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1
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http://dx.doi.org/10.38201/btha.abc.v52.i1.2
journal article
10.38201/btha.abc.v52.i1.2
2311-9284
10515175
Sect.
Macrocentrae
1a. Dwarf plants to
30 mm
tall; leaves linear, 1.0–
1.5 mm
wide; pedicels 1.5–2.0 mm long...... 5.1.
D. toxicaria
1b. Larger plants more than
60 mm
tall; leaves linear to lanceolate or cylindrical and
3–14 mm
wide; pedicels
2–14 mm
long: 2a. Bulbs dark red; inflorescence (60–)200–450(–600) mm tall, scape mostly shorter than rachis, often less than half as long; bracts
1–3 mm
long, spur of lower bracts up to
1 mm
long; leaves 3 to 8, linear to narrowly lanceolate, channelled; plants from western and northern interior
South Africa
.....4.
D. sanguinea
2b. Bulbs white to greenish; inflorescence 300–800(–900) mm tall, scape longer than inflorescence rachis; bracts
4–6 mm
long, spur of lower bracts
20–35 mm
long, forming a skirt below raceme in bud; leaf solitary, cylindrical, resembling scape; plants from eastern Drakensberg.............. 5.
D. macrocentra