| Aframomum laxiflorum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Zingiberales |
| Family: | Zingiberaceae |
| Genus: | Aframomum |
| Species: | A. laxiflorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Aframomum laxiflorum Loes. ex Lock | |
Aframomum laxiflorum is a species in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae.[1] It was first described by Ludwig Eduard Loesener and renamed by John Michael Lock.[2]
Range
Aframomum laxiflorum is native to Tanzania in the Uluguru and Uzungwa Mountains.[3]
Description
It resembles the West African Aframomum exscapum in its pubescent ovary, but is otherwise very distinct from it, and from all other species in the genus. The elongated inflorescence axis, and the lack of both lateral and terminal appendages to the anther crest are features which occur nowhere else in the genus. The long delicate ligules, and the richly coloured flowers, described by Schlieben as 'sch6nen grossen, weinrot und lila schraffierten Blitten' should make it a distinctive plant in the field. The fruit is at present unknown.[4]
References
- ↑ Loes. ex Lock, 1976 In: Kew Bull. 31: 263
- ↑ Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A.; Didžiulis V., eds. (2014). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ↑ "Catalogue of Life - 2010 Annual Checklist :: Species details".
- ↑ Lock, J. M. (1976). "Notes on Some East African Species of Aframomum (Zingiberaceae)". Kew Bulletin. 31 (2): 263–271. doi:10.2307/4109172. JSTOR 4109172.