Manfreda
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Manfreda ("named after an ancient writer on simples whose work is in the Parisian library"). Amaryllidaceae. tribe Agavoideae. Acaulescent bulbous plants, of somewhat the aspect of Polyanthes, but with nearly straight usually solitary flowers; closely allied to Agave, and requiring similar culture. Leaves thin, lance-oblong, usually denticulate, dying in winter: infl. a raceme; fls. nocturnal, greenish or purplish white, tubular with spreading limb and protruding style and stamens. Chiefly Mexican. Monograph by Rose in Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 8, Part I, 1903. The lvs. of most species are wavy or crisped at the margin.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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