Ledebouria Socialis
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''Ledebouria socialis'', the silver squill, wood hyacinth, or leopard lily, is a
geophytic A storage organ is a part of a plant specifically modified for storage of energy (generally in the form of carbohydrates) or water. Storage organs often grow underground, where they are better protected from attack by herbivores. Plants that have ...
species of
bulbous In botany, a bulb is a short underground stem with fleshy leaves or leaf basesBell, A.D. 1997. ''Plant form: an illustrated guide to flowering plant morphology''. Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K. that function as food storage organs duri ...
perennial plant In horticulture, the term perennial (''wikt:per-#Prefix, per-'' + ''wikt:-ennial#Suffix, -ennial'', "through the year") is used to differentiate a plant from shorter-lived annual plant, annuals and biennial plant, biennials. It has thus been d ...
native to the
Eastern Cape Province The Eastern Cape ( ; ) is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho, and its largest city is Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth). Due to its climate and nineteenth-century towns, it is a common location for tourists. It is also kno ...
of South Africa. It was first described by
John Gilbert Baker John Gilbert Baker (13 January 1834 – 16 August 1920) was an England, English botanist. His son was the botanist Edmund Gilbert Baker (1864–1949). Biography Baker was born in Guisborough in North Yorkshire, the son of John and Mary (née ...
as ''Scilla socialis'' in 1870.
John Peter Jessop John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second E ...
later revised the genus ''
Scilla ''Scilla'' () is a genus of about 30 to 80 species of bulb-forming perennial plant, perennial herbaceous plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae. Sometimes called the squills in English, they are native to woodlands, subalpine ...
'' and split off several species, reclassifying ''Scilla socialis'' into the genus ''Ledebouria'' in 1970. It is often cultivated and grows well with minimal care.Zachos, E. 2005
''Tempting Tropicals: 175 Irresistible Indoor Plants''.
Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. pp. 221–222.


Etymology

''Ledebouria'' is named for
Carl Friedrich von Ledebour Carl Friedrich von Ledebour (8 July 1786 in Stralsund – 4 July 1851 in Munich;NDB/ADB Deutsche B ...
(1785–1851),Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. (hardback), (paperback). pp 232, 355 a botanist who published, among other things, the first complete Russian flora. ''Socialis'' means 'growing in pure stands', 'dominant', or 'growing in colonies'.


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socialis Endemic flora of the Cape Provinces Plants described in 1870 Taxa named by John Gilbert Baker {{Asparagaceae-stub