New herbertia species
GermánRoitman (Thu, 18 Nov 2004 09:50:43 PST)
Hi all:
Alberto Castillo and i have recently published in Brittonia a new species
of Herbertia. Herbertia crosae inhabit stony grasslands in Uruguay. The new
species resembles Herbertia lahue, but can be distinguished by the smaller
pale lilac flowers, the presence of yellow spots at the base of the tepals.
The flowers of Herbertia crosae open during early afternoon and remain open
untill the evening; this contrasts with the flowers of the other species of
the genus that open early in the morning and close by midday.
We dedicate this species to Dr. Orfeo Crosa of the Facultad de Agronomía,
Universidad de Uruguay, Montevideo.
You can find a picture of it in:
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…
You cna look at the abstract here:
I still dont have the reprints and hope to obtain the .pdf file of the
article soon.
Best wishes
Germán
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