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1191.000 Cyrtanthus
Description of the genus
Bulbous herbs. Leaves linear to lorate, produced with or after the flowers. Scape hollow. Inflorescence of 1-4 flowers, subtended by 2 free bracts. Flowers narrowly funnel-shaped, suberect to nodding. Stamens inserted in the corolla tube. Ovary 3-locular; style 3-lobed. Fruit a loculicidal capsule. Seeds black, flattened, winged. Derivation of name: from Greek: kyrtos meaning curved, anthos, a flower, referring to the curved perianth tube. Worldwide: 47 species in tropical and South Africa. Zimbabwe: 5 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| breviflorus Harv. | E | Description, Image |
| galpinii Baker | E,S | Description, Image |
| rhodesianus Rendle[NrEnd] | N,C,E | Description, Image |
| sp.no.1 (Pope & Müller 1817) | E | |
| thorncroftii C.H. Wright | N |
Other sources of information about Cyrtanthus:
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Flora of Malawi: CyrtanthusFlora of Mozambique: Cyrtanthus
Flora of Zambia: Cyrtanthus
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Cyrtanthus
External websites:
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): CyrtanthusFlora Zambesiaca web site: Cyrtanthus
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Cyrtanthus
Wikipedia: Cyrtanthus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cyrtanthus
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Cyrtanthus
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