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Internal ID UUID64403374d4649733935527
Scientific name Albuca virens
Authority (Lindl.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
First published in Taxon 58: 93 (2009)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Ornithogalum bosniacum Beck Annal. Naturh. Hofmus. Wien ii. (1887) 48.
Ornithogalum virens Lindl. Bot. Reg. 10: t. 814 (1824)
Stellarioides virens (Lindl.) Speta Stapfia 75: 174 (2001)
Stellarioides ecklonii (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Speta Stapfia 75: 173 (2001)
Tomoxis virens (Lindl.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 54 (1837)
Ornithogalum galpinii Baker Fl. Cap. 6: 536. 1897 (1897)
Stellarioides bakeri Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo & Juan Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 107: 28 (2011)
Ornithogalum ecklonii Schltdl. Linnaea 25: 177 (1852)
Ornithogalum chloranthum Baker Gard. Chron. , n.s., 4: 323 (1875)
Ornithogalum acuminatum Baker Refug. Bot. 3: t. 177 (1870)

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Language Common/alternative name
Afrikaans bosui

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Albuca virens subsp. arida (Oberm.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt Taxon 58: 93 (2009)
Albuca virens subsp. virens Unknown

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Eritrea
      • Ethiopia
      • Somalia
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana
      • Cape Provinces
      • Free State
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Lesotho
      • Namibia
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Rwanda
      • Zaïre

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000911314
Tropicos 100445779
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77097738-1
The Plant List kew-456194
Open Tree Of Life 689246
NCBI Taxonomy 315931
IPNI 77097738-1
iNaturalist 568490
GBIF 3647917
USDA GRIN 461968

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Characterization and Protective Properties of Lactic Acid Bacteria Intended to Be Used in Probiotic Preparation for Honeybees (Apis mellifera L.)—An In Vitro Study Leska A, Nowak A, Rosicka-Kaczmarek J, Ryngajłło M, Czarnecka-Chrebelska KH Animals (Basel) 15-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10044574
doi:10.3390/ani13061059
PMID:36978601
Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches Mutie FM, Mbuni YM, Rono PC, Mkala EM, Nzei JM, Phumthum M, Hu GW, Wang QF Plants (Basel) 02-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10005506
doi:10.3390/plants12051145
PMID:36904005
Caught in the Act: Live-Cell Imaging of Plant Meiosis Prusicki MA, Balboni M, Sofroni K, Hamamura Y, Schnittger A Front Plant Sci 21-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8724559
doi:10.3389/fpls.2021.718346
PMID:34992616
Chromosome–nuclear envelope tethering – a process that orchestrates homologue pairing during plant meiosis? Sepsi A, Schwarzacher T J Cell Sci 12-Aug-2020
PMCID:PMC7438012
doi:10.1242/jcs.243667
PMID:32788229
A phytosociological analysis and description of wetland vegetation and ecological factors associated with locations of high mortality for the 2010-11 Rift Valley fever outbreak in South Africa Brand RF, Rostal MK, Kemp A, Anyamba A, Zwiegers H, Van Huyssteen CW, Karesh WB, Paweska JT PLoS One 20-Feb-2018
PMCID:PMC5819772
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0191585
PMID:29462214
Molecular phylogenetics of subfamily Ornithogaloideae (Hyacinthaceae) based on nuclear and plastid DNA regions, including a new taxonomic arrangement Martínez-Azorín M, Crespo MB, Juan A, Fay MF Ann Bot 01-Jan-2010
PMCID:PMC3002468
doi:10.1093/aob/mcq207
PMID:21163815
Terminal Regions of Wheat Chromosomes Select Their Pairing Partners in Meiosis Corredor E, Lukaszewski AJ, Pachón P, Allen DC, Naranjo T Genetics 01-Oct-2007
PMCID:PMC2034636
doi:10.1534/genetics.107.078121
PMID:17720899
Fast Pollen Tube Growth in Conospermum Species STONE LM, SEATON KA, KUO J, McCOMB JA Ann Bot 01-Apr-2004
PMCID:PMC4242329
doi:10.1093/aob/mch050
PMID:14980970
Non-random positioning of chromosomes in human sperm nuclei Zalenskaya IA, Zalensky AO Chromosome Res 01-Jan-2004
PMCID:PMC1409707
doi:10.1023/b:chro.0000013166.04629.97
PMID:15053486

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