Species Cyphia digitata
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Etymology of Cyphia:
Gk. kyphos = bent; referring to the shape of the style and stigma.
Etymology of digitata:
From the Latin digitatus = ‘equipped with fingers’ or 'finger-like'
Scientific name:
Cyphia digitata (Thunb.) Willd.
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Protologue:
Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willd.] 1(2): 953 (1798)
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Year published:
1798
Twining tuberous perennial. Leaves 3--7-digitate, lobes linear, occ. linear-lanceolate and obscurely toothed. Flowers in the upper axils, bilabiate, laterally slit, white to mauve, 7--14 mm long, stamens 5--9 mm, all or 2 anthers bearded. Mainly July--Oct. Sandstone and clay slopes, NW, SW, AP, KM, LB, SE (Namaqualand and W Karoo to Port Elizabeth).
Observations of Taxon
Cyphia digitata
Name of observer:
Hilda Mason (David)
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Cyphia digitata
Name of observer:
Anne Bean & Amida Johns (David)
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Cyphia digitata
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Name of observer:
Pauline Bohnen (David)
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Cyphia digitata
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Name of observer:
Pauline Bohnen (David)
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Cyphia digitata
Name of observer:
Yvette van Wijk (Yvette)
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