Albucacrispa and A. grandis (Hyacinthaceae: Omithogaloideae), two new species of subgenus Albuca, the rediscovery of A. albucoides (sub genus Osmyne), and the identity of A. reflexa | Zendy

John C. Manning | Zendy; Peter Goldblatt | Zendy

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Albucacrispa and A. grandis (Hyacinthaceae: Omithogaloideae), two new species of subgenus Albuca, the rediscovery of A. albucoides (sub genus Osmyne), and the identity of A. reflexa

Author(s) -

John C. Manning,

Peter Goldblatt

Publication year - 2009

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.v39i2.241

Subject(s) - subgenus , taxon , botany , cape , biology , population , geography , genus , demography , archaeology , sociology

Albuca crispa is a new species of section Falconera series Trianthera with crispulate leaves from the Great Karoo, known at least since 1947 but overlooked until now. A second new species. A grandis. from the southwestern Cape was previously included in A. fragrans Jacq. (section Falconera series Falconera). It is a robust species that flowers in winter and early spring and the styles are rugulose with ± isodiametric epidermal cells, unlike typical A. fragrans which is a more slender species flowering in early summer and with derived, smooth styles with fusiform epidermal cells. The recent discovery of a flowering population matching the type of A. albucoides (Aiton) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt (subgenus Osmyne) allows for a full description and illustration of this poorly know n and taxonomically neglected species that has often been included in A. suaveolens (Jacq.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt. Lastly, examination of the type of A. reflexa Krause & Dinter from Namibia shows it to be conspecific w ith Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop.