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Zygomenes parasitica

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Identification
Zygomenes parasitica Hochst. ex Hassk. [family Commelinaceae ] Verified by Not on sheet, Cyanotis barbata D.Don [family COMMELINACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
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  • Cyanotis barbata
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Flora

Entry for CYANOTIS parasitica Hochst. ex Hassk. [family COMMELINACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 8, page 25, (1902) Author: (By C. B. Clarke.)
Names
CYANOTIS parasitica Hochst. ex Hassk. [family COMMELINACEAE], Commel. Ind. 116. —C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 256; Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 435; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 156.
Zygomenes parasitica Hassk. [family ], in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 214.
Information
Sparingly hairy. Stems erect, 3–4 in. long, slender, creeping at the base from bulbs 1/4 in. in diam. Flowers rather large for the genus. Otherwise as C. hirsuta .
Distribution
Abyssinia Nile Land Samen; Acallo-Meda, 10,500 ft., Schimper, 506!
Notes
The type specimens of C. parasitica are very complete, and show that the plant is not parasitic; its small bulbs were clustered in earth—probably in the fork of a tree.

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