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8681.000 Cyphia
Clarke, H. & Charters, M. (ed. Moll, E.) (2016) The Illustrated Dictionary of Southern African Plant Names Jacana Media, South Africa
Description of the genus
Perennial herbs arising from a subterranean tuber. Stems usually twining rarely erect. Leaves alternate. Flowers in racemes, zygomorphic. Calyx 5-lobed. Corolla either split to the base into 2 lips, the upper 3-lobed, the lower with 2 free petals or all petals united into a tube with a 5-lobed limb. Stamens 5; anthers free. Ovary 2-locular. Style shorter than stamens, obliquely clavate, crowned by hairs. Capsule 2-locular, dehiscing by 2 apical, usually 2-fid, valves. Seeds numerous. Derivation of name: Kyphos (Gr.) = bent, referring to the shape of the style and stigma. (Clarke, Charters & Moll-Ed., 91, 2016). Worldwide: 50 species in Africa (mainly southern) and Cape Verde Islands Zimbabwe: 3 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| alba N.E. Br.[End][DD] | E | Description, Image |
| mazoensis S. Moore | N,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| reducta E. Wimm. | C | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Cyphia:
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Flora of Botswana: CyphiaFlora of Burundi: Cyphia
Flora of Malawi: Cyphia
Flora of Mozambique: Cyphia
Flora of Zambia: Cyphia
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): CyphiaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Cyphia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Cyphia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Cyphia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Cyphia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cyphia
JSTOR Plant Science: Cyphia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cyphia
Plants of the World Online: Cyphia
Tropicos: Cyphia
Wikipedia: Cyphia
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