Biology:Ammocharis nerinoides

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Ammocharis nerinoides
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
Genus: Ammocharis
Species:
A. nerinoides
Binomial name
Ammocharis nerinoides
(Baker) Lehmiller[1][2]
Synonyms[3][4]

Crinum nerinoides Baker

Ammocharis nerinoides is a plant species endemic to Namibia, known from the Gobabis and Etoshapan Districts. It occurs in desert regions in river beds occasionally flooded with seasonal rainfall. It is also cultivated elsewhere for its showy flowers.[5][6][7][8]

Ammocharis nerinoides is a perennial herb forming egg-shaped bulbs up to 50 mm in diameter. It has 4-10 leaves, distichously arranged, narrow, up to 40 cm long, with very small teeth along the margins. Flowering stalk is flattened, reddish-green, up to 12 cm tall. Flowers are borne in an umbel of up to 7 pink flowers.[5][9][10]

References

  1. "Ammocharis nerinoides (Baker) Lehmiller". The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d.. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:963727-1. 
  2. "Ammocharis nerinoides (Baker) Lehmiller". The World Flora Online Consortium. n.d.. http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000759935. 
  3. Tropicos
  4. "Crinum nerinoides Baker — the Plant List". http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-303519. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Lehmiller, David J. 1992. Transfer of Crinum nerinoides to Ammocharis. Novon 2:335-35
  6. Duncan, B. 1982. Crinum nerinoides at Kirstenbosch. Indigenous Bulb Growers Association of South Africa Bulletin 32:3-4.
  7. Rare Plants UK
  8. Pacific Bulb Society
  9. Baker, John Gilbert. 1903. Amaryllidaceae. In: H. Schinz (ed), Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Afrikanischen Flora. Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier Ser. II. iii. 665-667.
  10. Plessis, N du, & G. Duncan. 1989. Bulbous plants of South Africa. Tafelberg Publishers, Cape Town

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