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1191.000 Cyrtanthus
Description of the genus
Bulbous herbs. Leaves linear to lorate, produced with or after the flowers. Scape hollow. Inflorescence of 1-4 flowers, subtended by 2 free bracts. Flowers narrowly funnel-shaped, suberect to nodding. Stamens inserted in the corolla tube. Ovary 3-locular; style 3-lobed. Fruit a loculicidal capsule. Seeds black, flattened, winged. Derivation of name: from Greek: kyrtos meaning curved, anthos, a flower, referring to the curved perianth tube. Worldwide: 47 species in tropical and South Africa. Zambia: 1 taxon. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Provinces | Content |
| breviflorus Harv. | N,W,C | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Cyrtanthus:
Our websites:
Flora of Caprivi: cultivated CyrtanthusFlora of Malawi: Cyrtanthus
Flora of Mozambique: Cyrtanthus
Flora of Zimbabwe: Cyrtanthus
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Cyrtanthus
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): CyrtanthusBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Cyrtanthus
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Cyrtanthus
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Cyrtanthus
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Cyrtanthus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cyrtanthus
JSTOR Plant Science: Cyrtanthus
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cyrtanthus
Plants of the World Online: Cyrtanthus
Tropicos: Cyrtanthus
Wikipedia: Cyrtanthus
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