Distribution Map

Apodolirion buchananii

                   
                   
       

Amaryllidaceae Amaryllidoideae Haemantheae 

As at April 2024, 12 herbarium specimens, 10 photo records

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Southern Africa only
Found within protected areas: Malolotja
Flora Protection Act: Schedule C
Medicinal

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Apodolirion buchananii - Bulb c 1,5 cm diam with long neck covered with membranous leaf-bases and enclosing ovary. Leaves two, very narrow, produced after flowers have withered. Flower solitary, tubular portion of perianth up to 6 cm long, expanded portion funnel-shaped, up to c 3,5 cm long, segments up to c 12 mm wide, often much smaller in all parts. Various shades of pink.

* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.

Notes:
Global distribution information: southern Africa includes southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe.
Restricted distribution has been based on an estimated extent of occurence of less than 100 000 km2 and/or an estimated area of occupancy of 100 km2, based on geo-referenced GBIF and iNaturalist data.