AMMOCHARIS TINNEANA
Author:
Milne-Redhead & Schweickerdt, 1939
Family:
AMARYLLIDACEAE
Origin:
Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Elevation:
Publisher:
J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 52: 177 (1939)
Collection number:
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Thickness:
18 Centimetres
Height:
30 (50) Centimetres
Propagate:
Seeds
CITES:
Synonyms:
Crinum ammocharoides, Baker.
Crinum bainesii, Baker.
Crinum cordofanum, Kotschy & Peyr.
Crinum lastii, Baker.
Crinum ondongense, Baker.
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Crinum poggei, Pax.
Crinum rhodanthum, Baker.
Crinum thruppii, Baker ex Oliv.
Crinum tinneae, Kotschy & Peyr.
Crinum tinneanum, Kotschy & Peyr.
Stenolirion elliotii, Baker.
This member of the Amaryllidaceae family was given this name by Edgar Wolston Bertram Handsley Milne-Redhead and Herold Georg Wilhelm Johannes Schweickerdt in 1939. It is found from Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre and Zimbabwe. It is growing in a well drained soil with some water and lots of sun. The bulb can grow to 18 centimetres in diameter, the leaves grow to 50 centimetres length. The flowers are light to dark pink.
The genera name means 'sand' and 'delight', as it grows well in sandy soils. The species is n amed after A. Tinné, who collected the type in the Sudan in 1873. Habitat by Roger and Alison Heath, Powo.science.kew.org.
Flower
Pink
Soil
Mix
Water
Medium
Sun
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