Babiana Ker Gawl. ex Sims
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Babiana Ker Gawl. ex Sims, Bot. Mag. 15: 539 (1801)
Babiana Ker Gawl. ex Sims
Biostatus
Nomenclature
Ker Gawl. ex Sims
Sims
1801
539
ICN
Babiana Ker Gawl. ex Sims
genus
Babiana
Classification
Subordinates
- Babiana ambigua
- Babiana angustifolia
- Babiana blanda
- Babiana disticha
- Babiana dregei
- Babiana ecklonii
- Babiana fragrans
- Babiana hypogaea
- Babiana longiflora
- Babiana longiflora
- Babiana macrantha
- Babiana mucronata
- Babiana nana
- Babiana nervosa
- Babiana odorata
- Babiana patersoniae
- Babiana plicata
- Babiana pubescens
- Babiana pulchra
- Babiana reflexa
- Babiana regia
- Babiana ringens
- Babiana rubrocyanea
- Babiana secunda
- Babiana stricta
- Babiana stricta
- Babiana tubaeformis
- Babiana tubulosa
- Babiana vanzijliae
- Babiana villosa
Vernacular names
Descriptions
Babiana Ker Gawl. ex Sims
Summer-green perennial. Corm small; tunic very tough. Stems usually hairy. Leaves usually strongly plicate. Spike simple or branched, pubescent. Flowers rich blue, mauve, crimson, cream or white, subzygomorphic, each within 2 lanceolate, hairy spathe-valves; tube straight, cylindric at base, widening to funnel-shaped above. Stamens asymmetrical. Style-branches short, undivided, usually flattened towards tip. Capsule many-seeded. Spp. c. 60 from tropical and S. Africa, and 1 from Socotra. Adventive sp. 1.
Taxonomic concepts
Historic biostatus
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Metadata
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scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
9 March 2022