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Cyrtanthus brachyscyphus Baker

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Amaryllidaceae > Cyrtanthus

Characteristics

Bulb ovoid-oblong, about 2 cm in diam. with a short neck. Leaves 1-3, absent or contemporary with the flowers, linear, straight, bright green, 30 cm long. Peduncle about as long as the leaves. Spathe-valves lanceolate, 2.5-3.5 cm long. Pedicels up to 20 mm long. Flowers 6-12 in an umbel; perianth 2.5-3 cm long, bright red; tube slightly curved and slender at the base, dilated to about 5 mm at the throat; lobes oblong-lanceolate, 5-6 mm long, not at all spreading. Stamens biseriate, included. Style reaching to the tips of the segments, trifid. Flowering time: September to November (to April).
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Perennial geophyte, up to ± 0.35 m high. Leaves green at flowering, linear, 1-5 mm wide, keeled. Flowers 6-14, spreading to ± recurved; perianth ± tubular, widening slightly to throat, 25-40 mm long, scarlet, tube slightly fluted, distinctly longer than segments; outer stamens hidden in tube, inner stamens visible in throat; stigma 3-lobed. Flowering time Dec., Jan.
Perennial geophyte, up to 0.38 m high. Leaves green or rarely dry at flowering, linear, 3-7 mm wide, keeled, bright green. Flowers 6-12, spreading ± to 1 side; perianth narrowly funnel-shaped, 25-30 mm long, bright red, tube ± as long as segments; inner stamens shortly exserted, outer stamens included; stigma 3-lobed. Flowering time Sept.-Nov.(-Apr.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.38
Root system -
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Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 7-8
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-11

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
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Images

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Distribution

Cyrtanthus brachyscyphus world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:64198-1
WFO ID wfo-0000764898
COL ID 33L2H
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Cyrtanthus brachyscyphus Cyrtanthus parviflorus Cyrtanthus rectiflorus
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