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Albuca tenuifolia Baker (1872:335)

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Ornithogalum nematophyllum J.C.Manning & Goldblatt in Edinburgh J. Bot. 60: 549 (2003 publ. 2004)

 

Conservation Status

Rediscovered (Martínez-Azorín et al., 2011)

 

Distribution & Habitat

South Africa

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Baker, J. G. (1872). Albuca tenuifolia. In: Saunders, W. W. (ed.), Refugium botanicum 5. Van Voorst, Paternoster Row, London, t. 335.

 

Other references:

Germishuizen, G. and Meyer, N. L. (eds.). (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.

Klopper, R. R. and Victor, J. E. (2005). Albuca tenuifolia Baker. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2017.1. Accessed on 2017/05/30.

Martínez-Azorín, M., Clark, V. R., Crespo, M. B., Dold, A. P. and Barker, N. P. (2011). The rediscovery of Albuca tenuifolia Baker, an orophilous species from the eastern Great Escarpment in South Africa. Nordic Journal of Botany 29: 465-470.

Müller-Doblies, U. (2010). The enigma of Albuca tenuifolia Baker resolved. Feddes Repertorium 121: 285-298.

POWO. (2025). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 23 July 2025]

Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J. E., Helme, N. A., Turner, R. C., Kamundi, D. A. and Manyama, P. A. (2009). Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.

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