Species Androcymbium eucomoides
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Etymology of Androcymbium:
Gk. andro- = male (in botanical language, stamen); kymbium = cup or saucer (La. cymba). The petal limbs enfold the stamens. Common names ‘men-in-a-boat’, ‘cup-and-saucer’.
Etymology of eucomoides:
From the Greek ‘eucom’ / ‘eucomis’ meaning ‘what is commonly called the pineapple flower’; and the Greek ‘oides’ / ‘oides’ meaning ‘in the form of’.
Scientific name:
Androcymbium eucomoides Sweet
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Protologue:
Brit. Fl. Gard. t. 165
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Acaulescent cormous geophyte. Leaves lanceolate-attenuate, prostrate. Flowers enclosed in greenish leaf-like bracts, tepals auriculate below. July--Aug. Clay flats and slopes, NW, SW, AP, KM, LB, SE (Namaqualand to E Cape).
Observations of Taxon
Androcymbium eucomoides
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Anne Bean & Amida Johns (David)
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Androcymbium eucomoides
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
07/12/2016 - 3:01pm
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Androcymbium eucomoides
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Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
02/08/2008 - 6:14pm
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