Species Androcymbium orienticapense
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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 orienticapense:
From the Cape Province of South Africa, previously known as the Cape Colony.
Scientific name:
Androcymbium orienticapense U. Müll. -Doblies & D. Müll. -Doblies
Common names:
Bobbejaanskoen
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Unknown
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Protologue:
Feddes Repert. 109[5-6]: 571 (1998)
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Year published:
1998
Short-stemmed, cormous geophyte. Leaves linear, channelled. Flowers on an aerial stem, enclosed by large white bracts veined with green, tepals auriculate below. Mainly June--Aug. Grassland, SE (Knysna to E Cape).
Observations of Taxon
Androcymbium orienticapense
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Name of observer:
Auriol Batten (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
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