Drimia brachyandra (Mart.­Azorín et al.)

Manning, John, 2022, New combinations in Drimia Jacq. ex Wild. (Hyacinthaceae: Urgineoideae) and an updated key to the southern African species, Bothalia (a 2) 52 (1), pp. 1-7 : 3

Drimia brachyandra (Mart.­Azorín et al.)

J.C. Manning & Goldblatt, comb. nov. Geschollia brachyandra Mart.- Azorín, A.P. Dold & M.B. Crespo in Martínez-Azorín et al. in Phytotaxa 427: 94 (2019c).

Type: South Africa, Eastern Cape, Grahamstown ( 3326 ): 19 km from Grahamstown on Cradock road , (–AD), 27 Nov. 1993, Dold 438 ( GRA, holo.).

Note: This species is distinguished from D. calcarata (Baker) Stedje by the more heavily barred cataphylls and the slightly smaller, reddish flowers. These differences are very slight and its status may need to be revised.