1191.000 Cyrtanthus Aiton

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.

Zimbabwe: 4 taxa.

Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

Species	FZ divisions	Content
breviflorus Harv.	E	Description, Image
galpinii Baker	N,E,S	Description, Image
rhodesianus Rendle[NrEnd]	N,C,E	Description, Image
sp.no.1 (Pope & Müller 1817)	E

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Flora of Burundi: Cyrtanthus
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Flora of Zambia: Cyrtanthus
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Cyrtanthus

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Cyrtanthus
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cyrtanthus
JSTOR Plant Science: Cyrtanthus
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cyrtanthus
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Tropicos: Cyrtanthus
Wikipedia: Cyrtanthus