- Family: Amaryllidaceae J.St.-Hil.
Gethyllis L.
[FZ]
Flora Zambesiaca Amaryllidaceae by C. Zimudzi, R.H. Archer, E.G. Kwembeya & I. Nordal
- Morphology General Habit
- Bulbous plants sometimes with a sheathing neck around the leaf base.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves appearing after flowering and contemporary with the fruit.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Scape
- Scape much reduced, included in neck.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers solitary; spathe single, membraneous, clasping ovary and lower part of perianth tube.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Perianth
- Perianth with long slender cylindrical tube, lobes spreading, shorter than the tube.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 6, 12, 18 or more, sometimes joined, all arising from throat of perianth tube; filaments short, free or fused at base, sometimes bearing 2–5 anthers; anthers linear, basifixed.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
- Ovary enclosed in spathe and bulb neck, with many ovules in each locus; style elongate, filiform; stigma capitate.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit succulent, clavate, indehiscent, yellowish, aromatic.
- Ecology
- A genus of about 32 species native to semi-arid areas in southern Africa. Only one species found in the Flora area.
Native to:
Botswana, Cape Provinces, Free State, Namibia, Northern Provinces
- Gethyllis afra L.
- Gethyllis barbarae G.D.Duncan
- Gethyllis barkerae D.Müll.-Doblies
- Gethyllis britteniana Baker
- Gethyllis campanulata L.Bolus
- Gethyllis cavidens D.Müll.-Doblies
- Gethyllis ciliaris (Thunb.) Thunb.
- Gethyllis fimbriatula D.Müll.-Doblies
- Gethyllis grandiflora L.Bolus
- Gethyllis gregoriana D.Müll.-Doblies
- Gethyllis hallii D.Müll.-Doblies
- Gethyllis heinzeana D.Müll.-Doblies
- Gethyllis kaapensis D.Müll.-Doblies
- Gethyllis lanuginosa Marloth
- Gethyllis lata L.Bolus
- Gethyllis latifolia Masson ex Baker
- Gethyllis linearis L.Bolus
- Gethyllis longistyla Bolus
- Gethyllis marginata D.Müll.-Doblies
- Gethyllis namaquensis (Schönland) Oberm.
- Gethyllis oligophylla D.Müll.-Doblies
- Gethyllis oliverorum D.Müll.-Doblies
- Gethyllis pectinata D.Müll.-Doblies
- Gethyllis roggeveldensis D.Müll.-Doblies
- Gethyllis setosa Marloth
- Gethyllis spiralis (Thunb.) Thunb.
- Gethyllis transkarooica D.Müll.-Doblies
- Gethyllis uteana D.Müll.-Doblies
- Gethyllis verrucosa Marloth
- Gethyllis verticillata R.Br.
- Gethyllis villosa (Thunb.) Thunb.
Gethyllis L. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Sp. Pl.: 442 (1753)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325.
Literature
Flora Zambesiaca
- Sp. Pl.: 442 (1753).
- ―Baker, Handb. Amaryll.: 23 (1888).
- ―Müller-Doblies in Willdenowia 15: 465 (1986).
- ―Wilsenach in Plant Life 22: 60 (1966).
Flora Zambesiaca
Flora Zambesiaca
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