Jodrellia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asphodelaceae, [1] first described as a genus in 1978. [2] The genus is native to eastern + south-central Africa , and has two recognized species.

985.010 Jodrellia Baijnath. Kativu, S. (1996) Asphodelaceae of the Flora Zambesiaca area Kirkia 16(1) 27-53. Description of the genus. Perennial herbs with a short rhizome. Roots fusiform, fleshy. Leaves rosulate; outer scale-like, tubular at base; inner subterete, smaller. Inflorescence a condensed, many-flowered raceme.

Discover the flowering plant tree of life and the genomic data used to build it. First published in Kew Bull. 32: 574 (1978) This name is a synonym of Bulbine macrocarpa. Demissew, S. & Nordal, I. (2010). Aloes and other Lilies of Ethiopia and Eritrea, ed, 2: 1-351. Shama Books, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. [Cited as Jodrellia migiurtina.]

Jodrellia, a new genus separated from Bulbine, is described together with its recognized species. The important differences between Jodrellia and Bulbine are discussed.

JODRELLIA fistulosa (Chiov.) Baijnath [family ASPHODELACEAE], in K.B. 32: 576, fig. 2/f–j (1978); Kativu in Kirkia 16: 51 (1996); Sebsebe & Nordal in Fl. Ethiopia 6: 112 (1997). Type: Ethiopia, Chire [Scire], near Mai Timchet, Chiovenda 557 (FT, holo.)

Rhizome much abbreviated, 2-4 mm long, and 4-10 mm in diameter. Some roots enlarged to fusiform tubers interspersed with fibrous roots. Leaves 4-10, the longest up to 50 cm. Peduncles 1-3, erect simple, about 2/3 the length of the leaves. Racemes ± densely many-flowered. Capsule 3-lobed, with 2 seeds per locule.

The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps. [Cited as Jodrellia migiurtina.] Hedberg, I., Friis, I. & Persson, E. (2009). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 1: 1-305. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps. [Cited as Jodrellia ...

Geophytic herbs, solitary, acaulescent, glabrous, perennating from an abbreviated woody rhizome with numerous radiating roots; roots fusiform fleshy, with slender rootlets.

May 1, 2010 · Jodrellia, a new genus separated from Bulbine, is described together with its recognized species. The important differences between Jodrellia and Bulbine are discussed.

Perennial herbs with a short rhizome. Roots fusiform, fleshy. Leaves rosulate; outer scale-like, tubular at base; inner subterete, smaller. Inflorescence a condensed, many-flowered raceme. Bracts white, translucent. Pedicels not articulated. Perianth segments free, pinkish-white; outer ones 3-nerved; inner 1-nerved. Filaments with long hairs.