The identity of Albuca caudata Jacq. (Hyacinthaceae) and a description of a new related species: A. bakeri Author Martinez-Azorin, Mario Author Crespo, Manuel B. Author Dold, Anthony P. Author Barker, Nigel P. text PhytoKeys 2011 5 5 19 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.5.1166 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.5.1166 1314-2003-5-5 AA21290DFFD9FFD7BF770D368741FFA2 576083

Table 1. Main diagnostic characters among Albuca caudata, Albuca bakeri and Albuca batteniana.

	Albuca caudata	Albuca bakeri	Albuca batteniana
Bulb	Mostly solitary	Mostly solitary	Proliferous
	Ovoid to oblong	Ovoid to spherical	Narrowly oblong
	Outer tunics membranous,brown to grey	Outer tunics fleshy,white to yellow	Outer tunics somewhat coriaceous,green to brown
	Mostly hypogeal	Hypogeal	Mostly epigeal
	Imbricate scales mostly ending at different heights	All scales reaching the top of the bulb	Imbricate scales ending at different heights
	Neck absent or short and thick, covered by brown to grey membranous scales	Neck long and thin, covered by transversally banded sheathing cataphylls	Neck usually absent
Roots	Usually numerous, thick and tuberose	Thin and scarce	Thin or slightly thickened
Leaves	Narrow, infolded and canaliculate	Narrow, infolded and canaliculate	Wide, flattened and usually recurved
Inflorescence	Inclined and secund	Erect and helicoidal	Inclined and secund
Outer tepals	18-28 mm	19-23 mm	30-42 mm
Seeds	5-6 x 4-5 mm	4-5 x 3-4 mm	5-7 x 4-5 mm