Agapanthus praecox subsp. orientalis (F.M.Leight.) F.M.Leight.
Details
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.
Nomenclature
(F.M.Leight.) F.M.Leight.
F.M.Leight.
F.M.Leight.
1965
21
ICN
subsp.
Agapanthus praecox subsp. orientalis
Classification
Vernacular names
Synonyms
Descriptions
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.
Taxonomic concepts
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.
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.
Historic biostatus
Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
P. 59. Recorded as Agapanthus orientalis, and as a weed of Auckland's Pohutukawa and karo coastal cliff forest.
Collections
Agapanthus praecox subsp. orientalis (F.M.Leight.) F.M.Leight.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Agapanthus praecox subsp. orientalis (F.M.Leight.) F.M.Leight.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Notes
editorial
“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.).”
Metadata
94680ecf-2266-485a-94cb-2940705c7e14
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
11 February 2021