Drimia chalumnensis (Hyacinthaceae - Urgineoideae), a new species from Eastern Cape, South Africa

Title: Drimia chalumnensis (Hyacinthaceae - Urgineoideae), a new species from Eastern Cape, South Africa
Creator: Dold, Anthony P
Creator: Brink, Estelle
Date Issued: 2004
Date: 2004
Type: Article
Identifier: vital:6516
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1005944
Description: Drimia chalumnensis, a new inconspicuous dwarf species from the Albany Centre of Floristic Endemism in Eastern Cape, South Africa, is restricted to the coastal plains of the Chalumna river in small scattered aggregated colonies on exposed sandstone sheets in pockets of loose sandy soil. It is distinguished by its capitate inflorescence, separate, petiolate bulb scales, and prostrate, coriaceous, linear-lanceolate leaves with cartilaginous margins.
Format: 4 pages
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: Dold, A.P. and Brink, E. (2004) Drimia chalumnensis (Hyacinthaceae — Urgineoideae), a new species from Eastern Cape, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany, 70 (4). pp. 631-634.

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