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Agapanthus praecox subsp. orientalis (F.M.Leight.) F.M.Leight.

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Agapanthus praecox subsp. orientalis (F.M.Leight.) F.M.Leight., J. S. African Bot. suppl. vol. 4: 21 (1965)
Agapanthus praecox subsp. orientalis (F.M.Leight.) F.M.Leight.
Parsons, M.J.; Douglass, P.; Macmillan, B.H. 1998: Current Names List for wild Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons and Monocotyledons (except Grasses) of New Zealand as used in Herbarium CHR. Version 1, to 31 Dec 1995. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand.
Names_Fungi record source Agapanthus praecox subsp. orientalis (F.M.Leight.) F.M.Leight. 1965

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F.M.Leight.
F.M.Leight.
(F.M.Leight.) F.M.Leight.
Leighton, F.M. 1965: The genus Agapanthus L'Héritier. Journal of South African Botany suppl. vol. 4: 1–50.
1965
21
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Agapanthus orientalis F.M.Leight.
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Agapanthus praecox subsp. orientalis

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Healy, A. J.; Edgar, E. 1980: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. III. Adventive Cyperaceous, Petalous and Spathaceous Monocotyledons. Government Printer, Wellington.

Agapanthus orientalis F.M.Leight.

Robust, evergreen, forming dense clumps to 60 cm high, with thick elongate rhizome. Leaves to 20 on each shoot, 20-70 × 1.5-5.5 cm. ± leathery, arching, canaliculate. Flowers light blue, or white, in many- flowered umbels, 4-4.5 cm long, to 7 cm diam.; tube c. 1.5 cm long; lobes spreading; pedicels 4-9 cm long. Capsule 3-4 cm long.

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Agapanthus orientalis F.M.Leight.
Agapanthus orientalis F.M.Leight.
Healy, A. J.; Edgar, E. (1980)
Agapanthus praecox subsp. orientalis (F.M.Leight.) F.M.Leight.
Agapanthus praecox subsp. orientalis (F.M.Leight.) F.M.Leight.
Biosecurity New Zealand (2012)
Agapanthus praecox subsp. orientalis (F.M.Leight.) F.M.Leight.
Agapanthus praecox subsp. orientalis (F.M.Leight.) F.M.Leight.
Agapanthus praecox subsp. orientalis (F.M.Leight.) F.M.Leight.
Parsons, M.J.; Douglass, P.; Macmillan, B.H. (1998)
Agapanthus praecox subsp. orientalis (F.M.Leight.) F.M.Leight.

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Wilcox, M.D. (2012)
P. 59. Recorded as Agapanthus orientalis, and as a weed of Auckland's Pohutukawa and karo coastal cliff forest.

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Agapanthus praecox subsp. orientalis (F.M.Leight.) F.M.Leight.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Agapanthus praecox subsp. orientalis (F.M.Leight.) F.M.Leight.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
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Agapanthus praecox subsp. orientalis (F.M.Leight.) F.M.Leight.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
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“Two subspecies of Agapanthus praecox subspp. orientalis and praecox, are similar and difficult to distinguish. There are only two New Zealand herbarium specimens tentatively identified as A. praecox subsp. praecox (both at Auckland War Memorial Museum, AK 218779 and AK 291578). Although this material best fitted descriptions of A. praecox subsp. praecox, because of the taxonomic difficulties their identifications cannot be assured (Ewen Cameron, pers. comm.).”
Dawson, M.; Ford, K. 2012: Agapanthus in New Zealand. New Zealand Garden Journal 15(1): 2–18.

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94680ecf-2266-485a-94cb-2940705c7e14
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1 January 2000
11 February 2021
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