- Family:
- Asphodelaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Bulbine Wolf
Bulbine migiurtina Chiov.

[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Type
- N3, “Balli Scillin” to “Bur Inaoshin”, Puccioni & Stefanini 777 (FT holo.)
- Morphology Roots
- Roots many, fleshy
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves up to 15 x 0.3 cm
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence slightly longer to shorter than the leaves, erect, dense; bracts 5–6 mm long; pedicels 5–10 mm long, becoming slightly recurved
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Tepal
- Tepals c. 5 mm long
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Capsule 5–5.5 x 4–6 mm
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds apparently smooth.
- Distribution
- N3 not known elsewhere.
- Ecology
- Altitude range 120–400 m.
[FTEA]
Asphodelaceae, Christopher Whitehouse. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2002
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial herb from a short rhizome, with spreading fleshy roots 2–5 mm in diameter, and several thin fibrous roots.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves linear, terete, up to 38 cm long, 4–7 mm wide, hollow, expanding at the base into a tubular sheath, the outer leaves reduced to membranous sheaths up to 6 cm long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Peduncle at anthesis up to 22 cm long, ± 3 mm wide, shorter than the leaves; raceme at anthesis ± 4 cm long, ± 2 cm in diameter; bracts cuspidate, up to 10 mm long, 2–3 mm wide at the base, attenuate into a filiform apex, membranous and transparent except for a brown midrib; pedicels 2–4 mm long, overtopped by the bracts at anthesis, recurved after flowering and extending up to 22 mm in fruit.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers congested, white; tepals 5–6 mm long, the outer ± 2 mm wide, 3–5-nerved, the inner ± 1 mm wide, 1-nerved; stamens ± 3 mm long, yellow; ovary ± 1 mm long; style ± 4 mm long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Capsule obovoid, 8–15 mm long, 12–22 mm wide, inflated at maturity; seeds deltoid, angled, ± 2 mm wide, tuberculate.
- Figures
- Fig. 3 (p. 15).
- Habitat
- Commiphora - Acacia bushland among granite rocks on red sandy loam; 750–1050 m
- Distribution
- K1
Native to:
Somalia
Bulbine migiurtina Chiov. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Gillett [13141], Kenya | Jodrellia migiurtina | K000256311 | holotype | Yes |
First published in Pl. Nov. Aethiop.: 5 (1928)
Not accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Jodrellia migiurtina.]
- Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Jodrellia migiurtina.]
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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Flora of Somalia
Flora of Somalia
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
Flora of Tropical East Africa
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0