Species Boophone pulchra
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There aren’t any identifications of Boophone pulchra.
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Etymology of Boophone:
Gk. bous = ox; phonos = murder, slaughter; referring to the bulb sap which is poisonous, quite capable of killing oxen; hence one of the common names is ‘Oxbane’. Boopis means ‘ox-eyed’, a result of induced hallucinations from Boophone disticha, a traditional Zulu medicine.
Etymology of pulchra:
From the Latin pulchra = 'beautiful'
Scientific name:
Boophone pulchra W. F. Barker
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Protologue:
J. S. African Bot. 29: 163 (1963)
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Year published:
1963
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Boophone pulchra.
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