ERIOSPERMUM MACKENII
Author:
John Gilbert Baker, 1876
Family:
ERIOSPERMACEAE
Origin:
Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Elevation:
Publisher:
J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 15: 266 (1876)
Collection number:
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Thickness:
4 Centimetres
Height:
12 (25) Centimetres
Propagate:
Seeds
CITES:
Synonyms:
Bulbine mackenii, Hook.f. 1872.
Eriospermum junodii Baker, 1901.
Eriospermum veratriforme Peter ex Poelln. 1943.
Eriospermum mackenii subsp. galpinii, P.L.Perry
Eriospermum mackenii subsp. phippsii, P.L.Perry.
This member of the Eriospermaceae family was given this name by John Gilbert Baker in 1876. It is found in most of southern Africa, growing in a well drained soil with some water and lots of sun. The caudex can grow to four centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to twelve centimetres in height, the inflorescence up to 25 centimetres with yellow flowers.
The genera name from Greek; erion; 'woll' and Greek sperma; 'seed'.
The species name after Mark Johnston McKen, 1823-1872, a Scottish horticulturist, working in Jamaica and South Africa. *) Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG IV 2016, Eriospermaceae is now part of the Asparagaceae.
Flower
Yellow
Soil
Grit
Water
Medium
Sun
Maximum
