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Accession Data:

Cyrtanthus mackenii Hook. f.

  • Common Name: Ifafa Lily
  • Family: Amaryllidaceae J. St-Hil.

  • Country of Origin: SE. Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal

  • Description: Bulbous herb to 1 foot; leaves to 1 foot long and 5/15 inch wide; umbel 4-10 flowered; flowers almost erect, pure white, 2 inches long.

    Swamp plants in their native areas.

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198501069
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 6001 - BPB:6000:Bench1
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 10-03-2022

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: monocots
  • Order: Asparagales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Amaryllidaceae
  • SubFamily: Amaryllidoideae
  • Tribe: Cyrtantheae
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Cape Provinces / KwaZulu-Natal /

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, September 02, 2016.
  2. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Friday, September 02, 2016.
  3. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website at MoBot. Last accessed on Tuesday, 03 December, 2019.

data regenerated on Sun, 19 Mar 2023 16:06:07 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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W/C = Wild Collected
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