Cyphia bulbosa

Cyphia bulbosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Campanulaceae
Genus:	Cyphia
Species:	C. bulbosa
Binomial name
	Cyphia bulbosa; (L.) P.J.Bergius
Synonyms[1]
	Cyphia botrys Willd.; Cyphia botrys Willd. ex Schult.; Cyphia bulbosa f. lobata E.Wimm.; Cyphia bulbosa var. acocksii E.Wimm.; Cyphia bulbosa var. angustiloba A.DC.; Cyphia bulbosa var. bulbosa; Cyphia bulbosa var. hafstroemii E.Wimm.; Cyphia bulbosa var. leiandra E.Wimm.; Cyphia bulbosa var. orientalis E.Phillips; Cyphia bulbosa var. pinnatifida C.Presl; Cyphia capense J.F.Gmel.; Cyphia kerastes E.Wimm.; Cyphia stephensii E.Wimm.; Cyphopsis bulbosa (L.) Kuntze; Lobelia bulbosa L.; Lobelia cyphia J.F.Gmel.; Lobelia tuberosa Burm.f.; Rapuntium bulbosum (L.) Chaz.;

Cyphia bulbosa, also known by its common name Bulb Baroe, is a species of flowering plant from the genus Cyphia.[2]

Description

Cyphia bulbosa plants

This geophyte grows to be up to 12–30 cm (4.7–11.8 in) tall.[3] The leaves are mostly basal and grade into bracts up the stem.[4] The deeply dissected leaves have a palmatisect or palmatifid shape and are paler on the underside.[4][5]

Flowers are present between August and November. They range from white to mauve in colour and are borne in racemes.[4] Each flower is 8–13 mm (0.31–0.51 in) long and is surrounded by a toothed or lobed bract.[4][5] As with other species in the genus, the style has a fluid filled stigmatic cavity rather than free stigma.[5] It has two bearded anthers on the 6 mm (0.24 in) long stamens.[4] The triangular calyx lobes have round interspaces.[5]

The fat, oval-shaped seeds have narrow wings.[3]

Distribution and habitat

This species is endemic to South Africa. It is found on sandy and stony flats and slopes between the Cedarberg Mountains and the Cape Peninsula.[4] It is common in Cape Town.[3]

References

"Cyphia bulbosa". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
P.J.Bergius. In: Descr. Pl. Cap.: 172. (1767).
e-Flora of South Africa. v1.36. 2022. South African National Biodiversity Institute. http://ipt.sanbi.org.za/iptsanbi/resource?r=flora_descriptions&v=1.36
Manning, John; Goldblatt, Peter (2012). Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region : 1: the core Cape flora (PDF). Pretoria: South African National Biodiversity Institute, SANBI. ISBN 978-1-919976-74-7. OCLC 852384288.
Cupido, Christopher N.; Ferozah, Conrad (January 2003). "Cyphia". Veld and Flora. 89 (2): 62–63.

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[1] "Cyphia bulbosa". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 23 September 2023.

[2] P.J.Bergius. In: Descr. Pl. Cap.: 172. (1767).

[eFlora-3] -Flora of South Africa. v1.36. 2022. South African National Biodiversity Institute. http://ipt.sanbi.org.za/iptsanbi/resource?r=flora_descriptions&v=1.36

[SANBI29-4] Manning, John; Goldblatt, Peter (2012). Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region : 1: the core Cape flora (PDF). Pretoria: South African National Biodiversity Institute, SANBI. ISBN 978-1-919976-74-7. OCLC 852384288.

[:0-5] Cupido, Christopher N.; Ferozah, Conrad (January 2003). "Cyphia". Veld and Flora. 89 (2): 62–63.