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Aloes and Lilies of Ethiopia and Eritrea

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Fig. 92.<br />

Ledebouria<br />

somaliensis,<br />

from Sidambale<br />

bridge, Sidamo<br />

floristic region.<br />

Ledebouria kirkii<br />

Description<br />

Habitat <strong>and</strong><br />

distribution<br />

Ledebouria edulis<br />

Description<br />

DRIMIOPSIS LEDEBOURIA 193<br />

2. Ledebouria kirkii (Baker) Stedje & Thulin<br />

The species epithet refers to the collector, Kirk, who<br />

collected the plant for the first time in Zanzibar. Like the<br />

former species it is among the largest Ledebouria species,<br />

but differs by its longer pedicels.<br />

Plants up to 40 cm long. Leaves lanceolate. Inflorescence c. 8 cm<br />

long, lax. Pedicels 5–9 mm long. Tepals greenish c. 10 mm long,<br />

reflexed at anthesis. Filaments purple c. 8 mm long. Capsules <strong>and</strong><br />

seeds as in L. somaliensis.<br />

The species grows in open woodl<strong>and</strong>, on rocky places,<br />

<strong>and</strong> it is found around 900 m in the Sidamo <strong>and</strong> Bale<br />

floristic regions. It is otherwise widespread in Somalia,<br />

Kenya <strong>and</strong> Tanzania. The flowering period not recorded.<br />

3. Ledebouria edulis (Engler) Stedje<br />

The species epithet ‘edulis’ means edible. The species<br />

was described in the genus Scilla by Engler in 1892<br />

based on material from the Sudan. It was later transferred<br />

to Ledebouria by Stedje in 1995.<br />

Plants small <strong>and</strong> slender, up to 15 cm long. Leaves linear, c. 12 × 0.7<br />

cm. Inflorescence c. 3 cm long. Pedicel c. 2 mm long. Tepals c.5 mm<br />

long. Capsules <strong>and</strong> seeds not seen.

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