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Cyrtanthus breviflorus

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Identification
Cyrtanthus breviflorus Harv. [family AMARYLLIDACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for ANOIGANTHUS breviflorus Baker [family AMARYLLIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, page 171, (1897) Author: (By J. G. BAKER).
Names
ANOIGANTHUS breviflorus Baker [family AMARYLLIDACEAE], in Journ. Bot. 1878, 76;—Bot. Mag. t. 7072; Handb. Amaryllid. 27.
Cyrtanthus breviflorus Harv. [family ], Thes. Cap. t. 139.
Information
bulb ovoid, 1 in. diam., with a short neck and brown membranous tunics; leaves 3–4, contemporary with the flowers, lorate, obtuse, erect, glabrous, 1/2–1 ft. long, 1/4– 1/2 in. broad; peduncles 3–12 in. long; flowers 2–10, umbellate; pedicels erect, 1–2 in. long; spathe-valves 2, lanceolate; perianth yellow or milk-white; tube 1/4– 1/3 in. long; segments 1/2– 3/4 in. long, with about 5 ribs; stamens half as long as the perianth-segments; ovary green, glabrous, oblong; style overtopping the anthers; capsule 1/2 in. long. null
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Somerset Div.; Bosch Berg, MacOwan, 2133! Graaff Reinet Div.; Koudevelds Berg, 5000 ft., Bolus, 2577!COAST REGION Stockenstrom Div.; Katberg, 4000–5000 ft., Drège! Scully, 150! Fort Beaufort Div., Cooper, 255!EASTERN REGION Tembuland; mountains near Bazeia, 2500–3000 ft., Baur, 248! Griqualand East; near Kokstad, 4700 ft., Tyson, 1548! Natal; Inanda, Wood, 175! Weston, Rehmann, 7358! Table Mountain, Krauss, 255! and without precise locality, Plant, 106! Sanderson, 692! Swazieland; Havelock Concession, 4000 ft., Saltmarshe in Herb. Galpin, 1097! Var. β, Tembuland; mountains near Bazeia, 2500–3000 ft., Baur, 248! Natal; Inanda, Wood, 230! and without precise locality, Buchanan!

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