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Gethyllis verticillata

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Gethyllis verticillata R. Br. ex Herb., from South Africa
Holotype of Gethyllis verticillata R.Br. ex Herb. [family AMARYLLIDACEAE]
Gethyllis verticillata R. Br. ex Herb., from South Africa
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Identification
Gethyllis verticillata R. Br. ex Herb. [family AMARYLLIDACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for GETHYLLIS verticillata R. Br. [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 verticillata R. Br. [family AMARYLLIDACEAE], Prodr. 290;—Roem. et Schultes, Syst. vii. 781; Herb. Amaryllid. 186, t. 25, fig. 6; Kunth, Enum. v. 697; Baker in Journ. Bot. 1885, 226, t. 259, fig. 2; Handb. Amaryllid. 24.
Information
bulb small, ovoid, with a spotted cylindrical neck 1 1/2–2 in. long; leaves 4–5, narrow linear, glabrous, not spirally twisted, but rolled up like a watch-spring towards the tip, 4–6 in. long; perianth pure white; tube slender, 3–4 in. long; segments lanceolate, acute, reflexing, an inch long; stamens 6; filaments filiform, as long as the anthers; style a little overtopping the stamens; fruit yellow, clavate, contemporary with the leaves, 1 1/2 in. long, 1/3 in. diam. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Piquetberg, Masson!

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