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Haemanthus grandifolius Balf.f.: an enigma resolved

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2010

A. G. Miller  and
D. Alexander
A. G. Miller
Affiliation:
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, UK.
D. Alexander
Affiliation:
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, UK.
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Haemanthus grandifolius Balf.f., a Socotran endemic, has been found flowering for the first time and is shown to be better placed in the genus Ledebouria (Hyacinthaceae); the new combination Ledebouria grandifolia (Balf.f.) A.G. Mill. & D. Alexander is made and an expanded description given.

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AmaryllidaceaeHyacinthaceaeLedebouriaScillaSocotra

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Edinburgh Journal of Botany , Volume 53 , Issue 1 , March 1996 , pp. 43 - 47
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Copyright © Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 1996

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