Cyrtanthus galpinii Baker

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Cyrtanthus galpinii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Cecil Kop, Mutare

Cyrtanthus galpinii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Cecil Kop, Mutare

Cyrtanthus galpinii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Cecil Kop, Mutare

Cyrtanthus galpinii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Valley of the Kings, Mutare

Cyrtanthus galpinii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Valley of the Kings, Mutare

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Common names:
Frequency: Rare
Status: Native
Description:
Small, pink-flowered herb, 1- or less often 2-flowered, flowering before the leaves. Bracts 2. Petals 6. Style lobes 3. Stamens 6, 3 lower down in the tube of the corolla than the other 3. Ovary inferior.
Notes: Closely related to Cyrtanthus sanguineus (Lindl.) Walp.
Derivation of specific name:
Habitat: Amongst grass on dry rocky slopes in open Brachystegia woodland
Altitude range: (metres)
Flowering time: Aug - Sep
Worldwide distribution:
Zimbabwe distribution: ES
Growth form: P
Insects (whose larvae eat this species):
Literature:
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Content last updated: Tuesday 8 June 2010

Other sources of information about Cyrtanthus galpinii:

Flora of Mozambique: Cyrtanthus galpinii
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Cyrtanthus galpinii
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Cyrtanthus galpinii
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Cyrtanthus galpinii
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Cyrtanthus galpinii
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cyrtanthus galpinii
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Cyrtanthus galpinii
Kew Monocotyledon checklist: Cyrtanthus galpinii
West African Plants database: Cyrtanthus galpinii


Copyright: Mark Hyde and Bart Wursten, 2002-10

Hyde, M.A. & Wursten, B. (2010). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Cyrtanthus galpinii.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=164320, retrieved 3 September 2010

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