Eucomis sonnetteana N.R.Crouch, Mart.-Azorín & J.E.Burrows

, Fl. Pl. Africa 66: 47 (2019).
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77217201-1
Publication
Flowering Plants of Africa. A Magazine Containing Coloured Figures with Descriptions of the Flowering Plants Indigenous in Africa. Pretoria and Ashford
Collation
66: 47
Date of Publication
Jun 2019
Family as entered in IPNI
Hyacinthaceae

Type Information

Collector Team
J.E.Burrows & Turpin 13172
Locality
Pilgrim's Rest District, Morgenzon Reserve, 2106 m
Collection Date
17 Nov 2012
Type Herbaria
holotype BNRH
isotype NH
Distribution Of Types
Mpumalanga (Northern Provinces, Southern Africa, Africa)

Remarks

The specific epithet honours Sonnette Krynauw (1962-2010), an employee of the Transvaal Provincial Authority's Department of Nature Conservation and afterwards with Mpumalanga Tourism & Park's Agency, who dedicated her life to protecting the flora of northeastern South Africa.