Species Strumaria tenella
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Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Strumaria:
N.La. struma = cushion-shaped swelling of an organ from La. stroma = a tuberculosis or other swelling; -aria = relating to, possessing; referring to the conspicuously swollen base of all the flowers of this genus (Plantzafrica.com).
Etymology of tenella:
From the Latin tenellus meaning ‘somewhat tender’
Scientific name:
Strumaria tenella (L. f.) Snijman
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Synonym status:
Bulbous geophyte, 10--20 cm, slender. Leaves usually present at flowering, up to 6, spreading, filiform. Flowers star-shaped, white, sometimes flushed with pink. Apr.--July. Seasonally damp, loamy flats, NW, SW (Bokkeveld Escarpment and W Karoo to Cape Peninsula and Montagu, Free State).
Observations of Taxon
Strumaria tenella
Name of observer:
Hilda Mason (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Collection:
Strumaria tenella
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
08/12/2016 - 9:47am
Collection:
Strumaria tenella
Name of observer:
Pauline Bohnen (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Strumaria tenella
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Name of observer:
Mary Maytham Kidd (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Strumaria tenella subsp. tenella
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
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