Afrosolen bainesii (Baker) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning

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Along road to Masasanya Dam, Gonarezhou National Park.

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Synonyms:	Lapeirousia bainesii Baker Lapeirousia vaupeliana Dinter Psilosiphon bainesii (Baker) Goldblatt & Manning
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Status:	Native
Description:	Perennial herbs 30-60 cm high, growing from corms. Leaves linear to narrowly lanceolate, 5-7 mm wide, usually slightly longer than the inflorescence, blue-green with a prominent midrib. Stems compressed and 2-winged below, 3-4-angled or winged above. Inflorescence divaricately branched, the ultimate branchlets 1-2-flowered. Flowers with a long slender tube, 25-40 mm long; mostly white, cream or pink but also mauve to purplish with dark marks on the lower tepals and a darker throat, opening late afternoon and sweetly scented.
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Derivation of specific name:	bainesii: after Thomas Baines (1820-75), artist and naturalist
Habitat:	In sandy soils in open bush country.
Flowering time:	Jan - Apr
Worldwide distribution:	Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa.
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Content last updated:	Saturday 28 February 2015
Literature:	Goldblatt, P. (1990). Systematics of Lapeirousia (Iridaceae–Ixioideae) in Tropical Africa Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 77(3) Pages 469 - 472. As Lapeirousia bainesii (Includes a picture). Goldblatt, P. (1993). Iridaceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(4) Page 36. As Lapeirousia bainesii (Includes a picture). Goldblatt, P. & Manning, J.C. (2015). Systematics and Biology of Lapeirousia, Codonorhiza, Psilosiphon and Schizorhiza in Southern Africa Strelitzia 35 South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria Pages 130 - 133. As Psilosiphon bainesii (Includes a picture). Goldblatt, P. & Manning, J.C. (2016). Nomenclatural adjustments in African plants 2 Bothalia 46(1) Page 4. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 92. As Lapeirousia bainesii Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 125. As Lapeirousia bainesii

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