Species Alectra sessiliflora
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Etymology of Alectra:
Gk. alektor, alektruon = a cock; an allusion to the resemblance of the flowers to a cock’s comb.
Etymology of sessiliflora:
From the Latin ‘sessili’ / ‘sessilis’ meaning ‘spreading’; and the Latin ‘flora’ / ‘flos’ meaning ‘flower’.
Scientific name:
Alectra sessiliflora (Vahl) Kuntze
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Protologue:
Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 458 (1891)
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Year published:
1891
Hemi-parasitic perennial to 25 cm. Leaves coarsely toothed below, spreading, longer than the flower buds. Flowers in spikes or racemes, yellow to orange, stamens unequal, filaments glabrous. Mainly Nov.--Apr. Damp flats and lower slopes, NW, SW, AP, KM, LB, SE (Gifberg to tropical Africa and Madagascar).
Observations of Taxon
Alectra sessiliflora
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
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Alectra sessiliflora
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Alectra sessiliflora
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
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Alectra sessiliflora
Name of observer:
Braam van Wyk & Sasa Malan (David)
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Collection:
Alectra sessiliflora
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Name of observer:
Auriol Batten (David)
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