<i>Albuca</i><i>crispa</i> and <i>A. grandis</i> (Hyacinthaceae: Omithogaloideae), two new species of subgenus <i>Albuca</i>, the rediscovery of <i>A. albucoides</i> (sub­ genus <i>Osmyne</i>), and the identity of <i>A. reflexa</i>

Abstract

Albuca crispa is a new species of section Falconera series Trianthera with crispulate leaves from the Great Karoo, known at least since 1947 but overlooked until now. A second new species. A grandis. from the southwestern Cape was previously included in A. fragrans Jacq. (section Falconera series Falconera). It is a robust species that flowers in winter and early spring and the styles are rugulose with ± isodiametric epidermal cells, unlike typical A. fragrans which is a more slender species flowering in early summer and with derived, smooth styles with fusiform epidermal cells. The recent discovery of a flowering population matching the type of A. albucoides (Aiton) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt (subgenus Osmyne) allows for a full description and illustration of this poorly know n and taxonomically neglected species that has often been included in A. suaveolens (Jacq.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt. Lastly, examination of the type of A. reflexa Krause & Dinter from Namibia shows it to be conspecific w ith Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop.

Keywords

• Albuca L.
• Drimia Jacq.
• Hyacinthaceae
• Omithogaloideae
• South Africa
• taxonomy
• Urgineoideae