Accession Data
Albuca tortuosa
Family: Asparagaceae
Synonym(s): Ornithogalum tortile J. C. Manning & Goldblatt
Country of Origin: South Africa
Description: bulb globose, proliferous, 1 1/2â2 in. diam.;4
leaves 8â11, linear, glabrous, flaccid, conspicuously spirally twisted, a foot or more long, 1/2 in. broad low down; 4
peduncle moderately stout, about a foot long; raceme moderately dense, 1/2 ft. long; pedicels ascending, permanently erect, lower 1â1 1/2 in. long; bracts ovate-lanceolate, nearly as long as the pedicels; perianth 3/4â 7/8 in. long, yellow, broadly striped with green; stamens all fertile; style prismatic, as long as the ovary.4
Accession Data
Accession #: 201800189
Accession Date: 2018-12-27 00:00:00
Bloom Status: ðŠī Not Flowering
Location: 2109
Quantity: 1
Source: Drago Cactoid / Ken Mosher
Classification
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
SubFamily: Scilloideae
Tribe: Ornithogaleae
Flowering Data:
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References
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, 28 December, 2018.
- WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Friday, 28 December, 2018.
- Albuca tortuosa at African Plants Database. Last accessed on Friday, 28 December, 2018.
- Albuca tortuosa at JStor Global Plants. Last accessed on Friday, 28 December, 2018.
- Angiosperm Phylogeny Website at MoBot. Last accessed on Tuesday, 03 December, 2019.
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