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Gethyllis latifolia

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Name

Identification
Gethyllis latifolia Masson ex Baker [family AMARYLLIDACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for GETHYLLIS latifolia Masson ex 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
GETHYLLIS latifolia Masson ex Baker [family AMARYLLIDACEAE], in Journ. Bot. 1885, 228, t. 259, fig. 1;—Handb. Amaryllid. 25.
Information
bulb globose, 1 1/2 in. diam. with a cylindrical neck 8–9 in. long; leaves 10–12, spreading, lorate, twisted, glabrous, 4–5 in. long, 1/2 in. broad; perianth-tube stout, 2–3 in. long; segments pinkish, oblong-lanceolate, acute, 2 in. long, 1/2 in. broad; stamens about 20, all distinct, 1/4– 1/3 in. long; filaments filiform, as long as the anthers. null
Distribution
WESTERN REGION Little Namaqualand; Meerhofs Kasteel, Sept., 1793, Masson!
Notes
Described from Masson's drawing.

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