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Cyrtanthus lutescens

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Identification
Cyrtanthus lutescens Herb. [family AMARYLLIDACEAE ]
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  • Cyrtanthus lutescens

Flora

Entry for CYRTANTHUS lutescens Herb. [family ]
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
CYRTANTHUS lutescens Herb. [family ], Amaryllid. 129, t. 33, fig. 14;—Kunth, Enum. v. 539; Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 58.
CYRTANTHUS alboluteus Burch. [family ], MSS.
Monella ochroleuca Herb. [family ], App. 29.
Information
bulb globose, about 1 in. diam.; leaves 2–4, produced with or after the flowers, linear, green, straight, flaccid, a foot long, 1/4 in. broad; peduncle slender, 1/2–1 ft. long; flowers 2–3 to an umbel; pedicels slender, erect, 1/4– 3/4 in. long; spathe-valves 2, lanceolate, greenish, 3/4–1 in. long; perianth suberect, yellowish, 2 in. long; tube slightly curved, very slender in the lower half, dilated gradually to a throat 1/6 in. diam.; segments oblong, 1/4– 1/3 in. long; stamens distinctly biseriate; filaments very short; anthers minute, oblong, the three upper placed at the throat of the perianth-tube, the three lower a short space below; style exserted from the perianth-tube; stigma tricuspidate. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Riversdale Div.; on or near the Lange Bergen, Burchell, 7144! Var. β, mountains near King Williamstown, Mrs. Barber! Komgha, Flanagan, 294! 300! Stockenstrom Div.; southern spurs of Katberg, Mrs. Barber! Hutton! British Kaffraria, Cooper, 1806! 3225! Mrs. Hutton!EASTERN REGION Var. β, Tembuland; Bazeia, in low moist places, 2000 ft., Baur, 242!KALAHARI REGION Transvaal; mountain tops near Barberton, 5000–5500 ft., Galpin, 654! and without precise locality, Sanderson!

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