Family:
Asphodelaceae Juss.
Genus:
Bulbine Wolf

Bulbine macrocarpa (Baijnath) Boatwr. & J.C.Manning

This species is accepted, and its native range is SE. Ethiopia to N. Kenya.

[FSOM]

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Morphology Roots
Roots many, fleshy
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 12–38 x 0.2–0.6 cm
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence shorter than the leaves, erect, dense; bracts 5–9 mm long; pedicels 10–20 mm long, becoming slightly recurved
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Tepal
Tepals c. 5 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsule becoming inflated and 8–15 x 12–22 mm
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds warty.
Distribution
C1; S1; E Ethiopia, N Kenya
Ecology
Altitude c. 150 m.

Native to:

Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia

Bulbine macrocarpa (Baijnath) Boatwr. & J.C.Manning appears in other Kew resources:

First published in Bothalia 40: 59 (2010)

Accepted by

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6 Scientific Data 8: 215.

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

  • Flora of Somalia

    Flora of Somalia
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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

  • 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