Ornithogalum britteniae F.M. Leight. ex Oberm. (1978:352)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Nicipe britteniae (F.M.Leight. ex Oberm.) Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo & Juan in Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 107: 31 (2011)
Conservation Status
Last record: 1946 (Dold & Goldblatt, 2003:500; Dold, 2005)
Rediscovered in: 2001 (Dold & Goldblatt, 2003:500)
Distribution & Habitat
South Africa
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Obermeyer, A. A. (1978). Ornithogalum: a revision of the southern African species. Bothalia 12(3): 323-376.
Other references:
Dold, A. P. [as Tony]. (2005). The rediscovery of Ornithogalum britteniae: Mysteriously lost since 1946, an unusual South African bulb is re-found, properly described and finally propagated. Cactus and Succulent Journal 77(3): 148-151. https://doi.org/10.2985/0007-9367(2005)77[148:TROOB]2.0.CO;2
Dold, A. P. and Goldblatt, P. (2003). The rediscovery of Ornithogalum britteniae (Hyacinthaceae) and an amendment to the description. South African Journal of Botany 69(4): 500-504. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0254-6299(15)30287-8
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 24 July 2025]