Biology:Cyphia bulbosa

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Short description: South African plant species

Cyphia bulbosa
Cyphia bulbosa 173525285.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Campanulaceae
Genus: Cyphia
Species:
C. bulbosa
Binomial name
Cyphia bulbosa
(L.) P.J.Bergius
Synonyms[1]
  • Cyphia botrys Willd.
  • Cyphia botrys Willd. ex Schult.
  • Cyphia bulbosa f. lobata E.Wimm.
  • Cyphia bulbosa var. acocksii E.Wimm.
  • Cyphia bulbosa var. angustiloba A.DC.
  • Cyphia bulbosa var. bulbosa
  • Cyphia bulbosa var. hafstroemii E.Wimm.
  • Cyphia bulbosa var. leiandra E.Wimm.
  • Cyphia bulbosa var. orientalis E.Phillips
  • Cyphia bulbosa var. pinnatifida C.Presl
  • Cyphia capense J.F.Gmel.
  • Cyphia kerastes E.Wimm.
  • Cyphia stephensii E.Wimm.
  • Cyphopsis bulbosa (L.) Kuntze
  • Lobelia bulbosa L.
  • Lobelia cyphia J.F.Gmel.
  • Lobelia tuberosa Burm.f.
  • Rapuntium bulbosum (L.) Chaz.

Cyphia bulbosa, also known by its common name Bulb Baroe, is a species of flowering plant from the genus Cyphia.[2]

Description

Cyphia bulbosa plants

This geophyte grows to be up to 12–30 cm (4.7–11.8 in) tall.[3] The leaves are mostly basal and grade into bracts up the stem.[4] The deeply dissected leaves have a palmatisect or palmatifid shape and are paler on the underside.[4][5]

Flowers are present between August and November. They range from white to mauve in colour and are borne in racemes.[4] Each flower is 8–13 mm (0.31–0.51 in) long and is surrounded by a toothed or lobed bract.[4][5] As with other species in the genus, the style has a fluid filled stigmatic cavity rather than free stigma.[5] It has two bearded anthers on the 6 mm (0.24 in) long stamens.[4] The triangular calyx lobes have round interspaces.[5]

The fat, oval-shaped seeds have narrow wings.[3]

Distribution and habitat

This species is endemic to South Africa . It is found on sandy and stony flats and slopes between the Cedarberg Mountains and the Cape Peninsula.[4] It is common in Cape Town.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Cyphia bulbosa". Species. GBIF. http://www.gbif.org/species/3166427. 
  2. ↑ P.J.Bergius. In: Descr. Pl. Cap.: 172. (1767).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 e-Flora of South Africa. v1.36. 2022. South African National Biodiversity Institute. http://ipt.sanbi.org.za/iptsanbi/resource?r=flora_descriptions&v=1.36
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Manning, John; Goldblatt, Peter (2012). Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region : 1: the core Cape flora. Pretoria: South African National Biodiversity Institute, SANBI. ISBN 978-1-919976-74-7. OCLC 852384288. https://www.sanbi.org/sites/default/files/documents/documents/strelitzia-29-2012.pdf. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Cupido, Christopher N.; Ferozah, Conrad (January 2003). "Cyphia". Veld and Flora 89 (2): 62–63. https://hdl.handle.net/10520/AJA00423203_3197. 

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