Table 1. Main diagnostic characters among Albuca caudata, Albuca bakeri and Albuca batteniana. Albuca caudataAlbuca bakeriAlbuca battenianaBulbMostly solitaryMostly solitaryProliferousOvoid to oblongOvoid to sphericalNarrowly oblongOuter tunics membranous,brown to greyOuter tunics fleshy,white to yellowOuter tunics somewhat coriaceous,green to brownMostly hypogealHypogealMostly epigealImbricate scales mostly ending at different heightsAll scales reaching the top of the bulbImbricate scales ending at different heightsNeck absent or short and thick, covered by brown to grey membranous scalesNeck long and thin, covered by transversally banded sheathing cataphyllsNeck usually absentRootsUsually numerous, thick and tuberoseThin and scarceThin or slightly thickenedLeavesNarrow, infolded and canaliculateNarrow, infolded and canaliculateWide, flattened and usually recurvedInflorescenceInclined and secundErect and helicoidalInclined and secundOuter tepals18-28 mm19-23 mm30-42 mmSeeds5-6 × 4-5 mm4-5 × 3-4 mm5-7 × 4-5 mm

Published as part of Martinez-Azorin, Mario, Crespo, Manuel B., Dold, Anthony P. & Barker, Nigel P., 2011, The identity of Albuca caudata Jacq. (Hyacinthaceae) and a description of a new related species: A. bakeri, pp. 9 in PhytoKeys 5 on page 9, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.5.1166, http://zenodo.org/record/576083