Albuca tortuosa

Common name:

Family: Asparagaceae

Synonym(s): <i>Ornithogalum tortile</i> J. C. Manning & Goldblatt

Country of Origin: South Africa

Description: bulb globose, proliferous, 1 1/2–2 in. diam.;⁴

leaves 8–11, 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 1–1 1/2 in. long; bracts ovate-lanceolate, nearly as long as the pedicels; perianth 3/4– 7/8 in. long, yellow, broadly striped with green; stamens all fertile; style prismatic, as long as the ovary.⁴

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Source: Drago Cactoid / Ken Mosher

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Classification:

• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Class: Liliopsida
• SubClass: monocots
• Order: Asparagales
• SubOrder:
• Family: Asparagaceae
• SubFamily: Scilloideae
• Tribe: Ornithogaleae
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References:

1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, 28 December, 2018.
2. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Friday, 28 December, 2018.
3. Albuca tortuosa at African Plants Database. Last accessed on Friday, 28 December, 2018.
4. Albuca tortuosa at JStor Global Plants. Last accessed on Friday, 28 December, 2018.
5. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website at MoBot. Last accessed on Tuesday, 03 December, 2019.

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