Species Tritonia flabellifolia
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Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Tritonia:
La. triton = weathercock; alluding to the variable positions of the stamens. (Triton was also a Greek sea demigod, often represented as half man, half fish.)
Etymology of flabellifolia:
From Latin flābellātus meaning 'fan-shaped' and -folius 'leaf'
Scientific name:
Tritonia flabellifolia (D. Delaroche) G.J. Lewis
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Synonym of:
Unknown
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Synonym status:
Cormous geophyte, 25--40 cm. Leaves sword-shaped. Flowers long-tubed, cream with red streaks, bracts large, rust-coloured above and attenuate. Mainly Oct.--Nov. Rocky sandstone and shale slopes in renosterveld or fynbos, SW, KM, LB (Villiersdorp to Albertina).
Observations of Taxon
Tritonia flabellifolia var. major
Name of observer:
Pauline Bohnen (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Tritonia flabellifolia
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
06/12/2004 - 4:09pm
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