The
identity
of
Anthericum
Rouwenortii de
Gorter
(Liliaceae)
by
S.J.
van
Ooststroom
(Rijkshcrbarium,
Leiden)
(Issued September 10th, 1941).
Anthericum
Index
Horti
51 :
p.
2.
Kewensis,
Rouwenortii De
Ulenpassiani,
Gorter,
described by
was
1783,
p.
51
De
and
species
a
not
Gorter in his
52
in
occurring
the
Catalogus Plantarum
follows:
as
AUTHERICUM.
Rouwenortii.
Habitat
Planta
ante
in
foliis
planis
seminibus
e
carinatis,
scapo
corollis
ramoso,
Tab.
patentibus.
I.
Zeylona?
multos
e
Zeylona,
enata
annos
si
bene
colitur
meminit
adhuc
in
III.
Baro
Caldario
De
ROUWENOORT
Horti
missis,
ubi
Uilenpassiani,
floret.
quotannis
Descriptio.
Badix
p.
52:
tuberosa,
crassa,
Folia
radicalia,
Scapus
rioribus
subtranslucida.
ensiformia,
ramosus,
fere
carinata, glabra,
tripedalis,
Bracteis
longioribus.
ramis
sesquipedalia,
alternis,
extremitate
inferioribus
lanceolato-subulatis
bifidis.
subulata.
brevioribus,
Fedunculis
supe-
simpli-
cibus.
Flores
menta
The
magnitudine
laevia.
alba,
Antherici
ramosi,
albi,
Antherae
flavae.
Stylus
Catalogus Plantarum
cultivated
in
the
H.A.W.
Baron
gardens
van
Netherlands’
province
and the
species
above
only
is
and
Rouwenoort
of
and
Gelderland.
which
type of
and
this species
description
a
preserved
in
the
of
a
of
It
is
a
catalogue
and
a
the
of
lists
plate
of
are
plants
estate
Hummelo
near
contains
Fila-
longior.
Ulenpas,
situated
description
recently
de
formerly professor
Gorter,
Harderwjjk,
living
collections of
by
the
Gelderland.
the
bearing
the
discovered
of
Ulenpassiani
greenhouses
viridibus.
petalorum
staminibus
in
of
the
plant-names
given
is the
mentioned Anthericum Rouwenortii.
The
num
of
Horti
apicibus
the
present
of
This
name
in
plant
Anthericum RouwenortiaDe
Gorter's
Rijksherbarium
author
medicine
in
and
herbarium
the
at
herbarium
botany
which
handwriting
Leiden.
had
at the
of
It
was
David
university
been totally
lost
BLUMEA
494
of
sight
for
Prom
Mr.
phytum
not
in
of
meminit
111.
We
elatum
one
Baro
this
R.
with
A.
elatum
foliis
planis,
Anthericum.
Nat.
of
the
Introd.
and
and
Brown
did
Syst.
11,
')
issued
by
2
)
De
wrong.
from
si
the
des-
original
Zeylona,
e
and
statement
bene
Chlorophytum
name
is
the
correct
elatum
Chlorophytum
Hortus
Kewensis
I,
has
1789,
been
448
p.
a
see
the
of
in
life
my
Miller.
Mill.
ic.
loc.
elatum
Fl.
name.
As
Spreng.
Botanical
the
of
in
Nederlandsche
professor
the
38,
56.
t.
51st
Cape
could
Br.
as
our
according
to
but
p.
belong
et
to
the
Art.
genus
species
Chloro-
name
(Sprengel,
author's
is
plant
the
altera
Sprengel
to
this
elatum
Anthericum
Kew.
by
attributed
277)
check the
time
R.
been
name.
Chlorophytum
48
of
the
Inter-
Nomenclature.
10th edition
history
ic.
Qj.
1810,
for
name
)
has
Hort.
first
adds
Sprengel
ex
I
as
2
that
says
elatum
the
H.
Holl.,
only
far
for
that the right
Br.
Nov.
He
Anthericum
88).
planis.
Mill.
dt.
always
Anthericum from the
of
corollis
sparsis.
G.
been used
paper
greenhouse.
floribus
Hope.
descripta").
p.
R.
Rules
For
that
it follows
However,
herbarium
his
ramoso,
Prodr.
Br.,
has
1825,
(Ait.)
national
be
botanists
pedunculis aggregatis,
caule
Philip
("Hue
elatum
this
datum
in
Chlorophytum
use
nondum
capensis
From
the
the
Chloro-
origin
appears
in
the
African
September.
species
Chlorophytum
phytum
as
seminibus
whether
which
on
Aiton
Good
Mr.
(R.
not
other
an
of
Oape
combination
author
Ait.
planis,
1751, by
August
Robert
that
must
"Zeylona"
e
South
by
ramoso,
scapo
foliis
Tall
The
as
Gorter
with
African
)
missis".
question
used
identic
obvious
1
ago.
assisted
kindly
was
South
Zwolle,
at
words:
Asphodelus
Fl.
"planta
I
already,
after
"Vereeniging
months
some
fully
of
this
Rouwenoort
described by
was
the
Br.
is
De
by
suspected
the
which
consequently
words
to
this
the
Gesehiedenis",
species.
Anthericum
based
De
come
(Ait.)
for
the
in
species
mentioned
evidently
from
now
is
of
museum
en
type,
a
1941
3,
Rijksherbarium
that
interrogation-mark
an
and
cription
the
Br.,
It
Ceylon.
Zeylona"
himself
addition
R.
the
Regt
the
to
resulted
(Ait.)
in
occurring
"habitat
it
Meeuse,
elatum
Gorter
ceded
was
No.
IV,
to
Overijsselsch
examination of
an
A.
belonged
years
van
and
Gelderland,
by
many
Beoefening
tot
VOL.
of
David
volume
Botanische
Linnaeus's
of
de
Gorter
the
Systema
and
for
Nederlandseh
a
Naturae
description
Kruidkundig
Yereeniging (Netherlands
Botanical
(L.,
of
his
Arehief
Society).
S. J.
Nat., ed.
Syst.
L.,
Ogststroom
van
10,
by
Mill.
56"
when
basis
ic.
his
describing
of
the
species
and Anthericum
Spreng.)
phytum
The
982)
p.
words
1
This
).
a
synonymy
find the
we
"A.
is
Anthericu/m
scapo
the
of
Linnaeus it
specific
in
the
combination
of
clear
made
Chlorophytum
which
seems
elatum
capensis
be
being
capense
must
Otto
by
mentions
the
whole
L.
capensis
R.
Br.
older
be
ex
than
Chloro-
Kuntze.
O. K.
(L.)
capensis
Aiton
to
495
lanceolatis
(Ait.)
Chlorophytum
already
Gorter
fol.
that Asphodelus
epithet
genus
De
Asphodelus
ramoso,
it
as
(= Chlorophytum
The
name
name
plate
same
is
BouwenortH
nudo
Anthericum elatum and
elatum Ait.
correct
capense,
identity of
the
identic.
are
the
elatum,
as
1759,
accompanied
planis.
The
:
becomes
now
follows:
Chlorophytum
Asphodelus
(L.)
capense
capensis
L.,
O.
Syst.
K.,
Rev.
Nat.,
Gen. Plant.
ed.
(1759)
10
2
Ill,
p.
(1898)
982,
non
p.
316.
Burm.
f.
(1768).
Anthericum Rouwenortii De
p.
51,
t.
Anthericum
elatum
Chlorophytum
(Ait.)
elatum
Phalangium
fastigiatum
Phalangium
fasciculatum
')
Dr.
D.
p.
Kew.
Ait., Hort.
elatum
Phalangium
(1876)
Cat.
Gorter,
Plant.
Hort.
Ulenpass.
(1783)
1.
(Ait.)
R.
Br.
Poir.,
Poir.,
I
Spreng.,
ex
V
Encycl.
Encycl.
Baker,
(1789)
non
V
in
448.
II
Syst.
(1804)
(1804)
Poir.,
p.
p.
(1835)
p.
88.
248.
p.
246.
Journ.
Linn.
Soc.
XV
331.
Mao
Gillavry, Bergen,
was
so
kind
as
to
provide
me
with
this
description.