PLANTAE / PHANEROGAMAE / ANTHOPHYTA / ASPARAGALES / TECOPHILAEACEAE / TECOPHILAEOIDEAE / CYANELLA / ALBA / FLAVESCENS

Cyanella alba L.f. subsp. flavescens J.C.Manning
LC Indigenous Endemic
Morphological description

Plants 120-200 mm high. Leaves linear-filiform, 1-2 mm wide. Pedicels with bracteole in distal 1/2. Flowers 1-4, pale yellow or outer tepals white. Anthers yellow, upper five maculate, marked with dark blotch on upper side near base, adherent. From: Goldblatt, P; Manning, JC. 2012. A revision of Tecophilaeaceae subfam. Tecophilaeoideae in Africa. Bothalia 42(1): 21-41. [CC BY]

Diagnostic description

A very distinctive taxon, recognized by its pale yellow flowers (sometimes the outer tepals white) with the upper anthers coherent and marked on the upper side with a black blotch near the base. Up to 4 flowers are produced per plant. From: Goldblatt, P; Manning, JC. 2012. A revision of Tecophilaeaceae subfam. Tecophilaeoideae in Africa. Bothalia 42(1): 21-41. [CC BY]

Distribution

Restricted to the northern Cedarberg and Olifants River Valley, between Clanwilliam and Wuppertal, and especially common in the Biedouw River Valley. From: Goldblatt, P; Manning, JC. 2012. A revision of Tecophilaeaceae subfam. Tecophilaeoideae in Africa. Bothalia 42(1): 21-41. [CC BY]

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Residence status

Occurrence in the Flora of Southern Africa (FSA) countries and South African provinces. Residence status indicates if a taxon is indigenous, endemic, naturalised or invasive in a specific region. This data is based on specimen records and literature

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Names and Sources

Accepted name
Cyanella alba L.f. subsp. flavescens J.C.Manning

Published in: Bothalia 35(2): 119 (2005)

Synonym(s)

Classification

KINGDOM Plantae

SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae

PHYLUM Anthophyta

ORDER Asparagales

FAMILY Tecophilaeaceae

SUBFAMILY Tecophilaeoideae

GENUS Cyanella

SPECIES alba

SUBSPECIES flavescens

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Observation records

Date: 9/19/2011 12:00:00 AM

Western Cape

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Date: 8/23/2020 12:13:00 PM

Western Cape, South Africa

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Date: 9/2/2021 4:08:08 PM

Western Cape, South Africa

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Date: 9/13/2021 12:31:36 PM

Western Cape

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Date: 9/13/2021 11:31:23 AM

Western Cape, South Africa

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Date: 8/27/2011 3:36:40 AM

Western Cape

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Date: 9/6/2022 5:12:00 PM

Western Cape

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Date: 8/22/2020 12:40:00 PM

Western Cape

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Date: 8/30/2020 1:42:18 PM

Western Cape, South Africa

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Date: 8/29/2020 10:25:59 AM

Western Cape

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2012

PERIODICAL/JOURNAL

A revision of Tecophilaeaceae subfam. Tecophilaeoideae in Africa Goldblatt, P; Manning, JC

Bothalia 42(1)21-41

2005

PERIODICAL/JOURNAL

Eremiolirion, a new genus of sourthern African Tecophilaeaceae, and taxonomic notes on Cyanella alba Forest, F; Mannheimer, CA; Manning, JC

Bothalia 35(1&2)115-120

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