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Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Agapanthus praecox subsp. orientalis (F.M.Leight.) F.M.Leight., J. S. African Bot. suppl. vol. 4: 21 (1965)
Synonymy:
- ≡ Agapanthus orientalis F.M.Leight. in Adamson, J. S. African Bot. 5: 57–58 (1939)
Vernacular Name(s):
Agapanthus
Description
Robust, evergreen, forming dense clumps to 60 cm high, with thick elongate rhizome. Leaves to 20 on each shoot, 20–70 × 1.5–5.5 cm. ± leathery, arching, canaliculate. Flowers light blue, or white, in many- flowered umbels, 4–4.5 cm long, to 7 cm diam.; tube c. 1.5 cm long; lobes spreading; pedicels 4–9 cm long. Capsule 3–4 cm long.
[From: Healy and Edgar (1980) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 3 as Agapanthus orientalis Leighton]
Biostatus
Exotic
Bibliography
Adamson, R.S. 1939: Some changes in nomenclature II. Journal of South African Botany 5: 53–58.
Biosecurity New Zealand 2012: Regional Pest Management Strategies Database. http://www.biosecurityperformance.maf.govt.nz/
Leighton, F.M. 1965: The genus Agapanthus L'Héritier. Journal of South African Botany suppl. vol. 4: 1–50.
Parsons, M.J.; Douglass, P.; Macmillan, B.H. 1998: Current Names List for wild Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons and Monocotyledons (except Grasses) of New Zealand as used in Herbarium CHR. Version 1, to 31 Dec 1995. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand.
Wilcox, M.D. 2012: Auckland's Remarkable Urban Forest. Auckland Botanical Society Bulletin 29: [1]–[348].
