- Family:
- Asparagaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Bowiea Harv. ex Hook.f.
Bowiea volubilis Harv. ex Hook.f.

[FTEA]
Hyacinthaceae, Brita Stedje, Ph.D. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1996
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence up to ± 6 m. long with green branches.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Pedicel
- Pedicels ± 2-5 cm. long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Capsules 9-25 mm.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds flattened, up to 10 mm. long.
Native to:
Angola, Cape Provinces, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe
Bowiea volubilis Harv. ex Hook.f. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Jan 1, 2011 | De Block [228], Kenya | K000524309 | No | ||
Napier, E.R. [1346], Kenya | K000257006 | Yes | |||
Napier, E.R. [1346], Kenya | K000257005 | Yes |
First published in Bot. Mag. 93: t. 5619 (1867)
Accepted by
- Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Stedje, B. (1996). Hyacinthaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-32.
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Agnew, A.D.Q. & Agnew, S., Upland Kenya Wild Flowers, ed. 2: 318, t. 146 (1994) .
- Baker in Fl. Cap. 6: 367 (1896).
- Bruyns & Vosa in Caryologia 40: 291 (1987).
- Hook.f. in Bot. Mag. 93, t. 5619 (1867).
- Polhill in Journ. E. Afr. Nat. Hist. Soc. 24: 9 (1962).
- Verdc. & Trump, Common Poisonous Pl. E. Afr.: 175 (1969).
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