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Aloes and Lilies of Ethiopia and Eritrea

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Notes<br />

Pancratium centrale<br />

Fig. 89.<br />

Pancratium<br />

centrale, from<br />

near Assosa,<br />

Wellega floristic<br />

region.<br />

PANCRATIUM 181<br />

One collection <strong>of</strong> a species with broader <strong>and</strong> twisted<br />

leaves made on s<strong>and</strong> dunes <strong>of</strong> lowl<strong>and</strong> <strong>Eritrea</strong>, might be<br />

conspecific with P. tortuosum, otherwise distributed in<br />

Arabia <strong>and</strong> Egypt. More studies are needed.<br />

2. Pancratium centrale (A. Chev.) Traub<br />

The species epithet ‘centrale’ refers to Central Africa,<br />

where A. Chevalier collected a few cultivated specimens<br />

in 1903 (areas now belonging to Chad). He described<br />

it in the new genus Mizonia, which is now a synonym<br />

<strong>of</strong> Pancratium. The species is very distinct within the<br />

genus Pancratium, due to the short perianth tube <strong>and</strong> the<br />

reduced corona <strong>of</strong> 12 short teeth.

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