Bulbine cepacea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asphodelaceae
Subfamily: Asphodeloideae
Genus: Bulbine
Species:
B. cepacea
Binomial name
Bulbine cepacea
(Burm.f.) Wijnands
Synonyms[1]
  • Anthericum pugioniforme Jacq.
  • Bulbine bisulcata Haw.
  • Bulbine cataphyllata Poelln.
  • Bulbine inexpectata Poelln.
  • Bulbine parviflora Baker
  • Bulbine pugioniformis (Jacq.) Link
  • Bulbine tuberosa (Mill.) Oberm.
  • Ornithogalum cepaceum Burm.f.
  • Ornithogalum tuberosum Mill.
  • Phalangium bisulcatum (Haw.) Kuntze
  • Phalangium pugioniforme (Jacq.) Kuntze

Bulbine cepacea is a flowering plant in the genus Bulbine, endemic to the Western Cape province, South Africa.

Distribution

Bulbine cepacea occurs in semi-dry Renosterveld vegetation, as far north as Clanwilliam, south to the Cape Peninsula, and as far east as Riversdale.[2]

Description

This species has a spiral rosette of erect, soft, slender (max.1 cm), succulent, green, linear leaves with acute tips. The leaves are almost rounded (terete) in cross section, having a flat upper surface and a rounder lower surface.

The leaf base is striated, and has a sheath that encloses the stem.[3]

It has a short stem above its large, flattened, disc-shaped subterranean tuber.

This species flowers in autumn.

References

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  1. ↑ The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, retrieved 25 March 2016
  2. ↑ Red List of South African Plants, retrieved 25 March 2016
  3. ↑ D.O.Wijnands (1991). LILIACEAE: Notes on some monocotyledons described by N.L. Burman: Asparagaceae, Asphodelaceae, Colchicaceae. Bothalia 21(2):157.


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