Species Cybistetes longifolia
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Etymology of Cybistetes:
Gk. kybisteter = an acrobatic tumbler, from kybistan = to somersault; referring to the tumbling of fruiting inflorescences being blown about by the wind.
Etymology of longifolia:
From the Latin longus = ‘long’ and the Latin folius = ‘leaf’
Scientific name:
Cybistetes longifolia (L.) Milne-Redh. & Schweick.
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Protologue:
J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 52: 192 (1939)
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1939
Bulbous geophyte, 25--35 cm. Leaves dry or emergent at flowering, 9--14, prostrate, falcate with truncate tips. Flowers widely funnel-shaped, cream to pink, lily-scented. Dec.--Apr. Sandy flats, NW, SW (Namaqualand to Cape Peninsula and Bonnievale).
Observations of Taxon
Cybistetes longifolia
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
08/12/2016 - 9:58am
Collection:
Cybistetes longifolia
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Name of observer:
Lynda de Wet (David)
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Cybistetes longifolia
Locality:
Name of observer:
Lynda de Wet (David)
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