Entry for CYANELLA orchidiformis Jacq. [family TECOPHILAEACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, page 1, (1897) Author: (By J. G. BAKER).
Names
CYANELLA orchidiformisJacq. [family TECOPHILAEACEAE], Collect. iv. 211; Ic. t. 447;—Kunth Enum. iv. 637; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 497.
Trigella orchidiformisSalisb. [family TECOPHILAEACEAE], Gen. 46.
Information
corm globose, 1/2 in. diam., with a short neck; basal leaves 3–4, oblong-lanceolate, chartaceous, glabrous, 3–6 in. long, 3/4–1 1/2 in. broad; peduncle branched, a foot long, including the lax raceme; racemes 2–4 in. long; pedicels cernuous, 1/2–1 in. long, sometimes bracteolate; bracts lanceolate; perianth bright red, 1/2 in. long; segments obovate-cuneate, with a yellow claw; stamens 3, arcuate, with longer filaments and small anthers, 3 declinate, with shorter filaments and anthers 1/6 in. long; capsule adnate at the very base only. null
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Pappe!WESTERN REGION Namaqualand, Drège!
