Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.
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Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 3, 765 (1826)
Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.
Nomenclature
(L.) Spreng.
L.
Spreng.
1826
765
ICN
species
Zantedeschia aethiopica
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Descriptions
Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.
Robust, evergreen, erect, clump-forming, to 1.5 m high, in close-set tufts from a tuberous rootstock with white fleshy roots; new tubers arising from shoots on the rootstock. Leaves large, leathery; laminae sagittate or ovate-cordate, 15-45 × 10-25 cm, dark green, the very fine veins somewhat lighter green, shining, entire, tip apiculate, margins undulate; petiole 40-100 cm long, lighter green, spongy, white on inside, purplish on outside. Scape ± = leaves, green, stout. Spathe ivory-white, bright green at base on outside, to 25 cm long, funnel-shaped, narrowed towards tip with a recurved apiculus to 2 cm long. Spadix ± ½ spathe, bright yellow; basal female zone, with staminodia interspersed, c. ¼-½ length of spadix, contiguous with upper male zone; sterile terminal appendage 0. Berries green or yellow, to ± 1 cm diam.
Taxonomic concepts
Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.
Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.
Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.
Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.
Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.
Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.
Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.
Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.
Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.
Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.
Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.
Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.
Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.
Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.
Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.
Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.
Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.
Historic biostatus
Exotic
Cultivated
New Zealand
Political Region
Mentioned in section on Cardiocrinum giganteum, p. 26.
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Notes
editorial
This name has often been misspelled as Zantedeschia "aethiopicum".
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1 January 2000
12 March 2021