A new species of Namaquanula (Amaryllidaceae: Amaryllideae) from Namibia with notes on the genus | Zendy

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A new species of <i>Namaquanula</i> (Amaryllidaceae: Amaryllideae) from Namibia with notes on the genus

Author(s) -

D. A. Snijman

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

bothalia

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457

H-Index - 20

eISSN - 2311-9284

pISSN - 0006-8241

DOI - 10.4102/abc.v35i1.390

Subject(s) - amaryllidaceae , genus , bulb , key (lock) , botany , biology , hook , ecology , structural engineering , engineering

Namaquanula bruynsii Snijman. a rare species of Amaryllidaceae from the Landsberg in southern Namibia described here, is separated from N. bruce-bayeri by plane leaves, the absence of a perigone tube and the lack of a short adaxial hook at the base of each filament. Shared specialized characters are brittle, tan-coloured bulb tunics and short papillae at the base of each filament. A revised description of Namaquanula D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies is given and a key to the genera of Amaryllideae subtribe Strumariinae is provided.