Species Androcymbium latifolium
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There aren’t any identifications of Androcymbium latifolium.
Range:
Location unknown
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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 latifolium:
From the Latin lati / latus meaning ‘wide’; and folius meaning ‘leaf’; i.e. the plant is broad-leafed
Scientific name:
Androcymbium latifolium Schinz
Common names:
Rooipatrysblom
Synonym of:
Unknown
Long etymology:
Synonym status:
Acaulescent, cormous geophyte. Leaves ovate, prostrate, ciliate. Flowers enclosed in large, red to purple bracts, tepals with very short limbs, auriculate below, stamens twice as long as tepal limbs. July--Aug. NW (W Karoo and Bokkeveld Plateau).
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Androcymbium latifolium.