Biology:Cyphia volubilis
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LC (SANBI)[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Campanulaceae |
| Genus: | Cyphia |
| Species: | C. volubilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Cyphia volubilis (Burm.f.) Willd.
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Cyphia volubilis is a species of flowering plant in the genus Cyphia, endemic to the Western Cape.[1] It is a type of Fynbos climbing plant that uses a host to get its own flowers above ground.[2] It has a bilabiate corolla; with 3 lobes on top and 2 at the bottom.[2]
Description
Cyphia volubilis is a twining climber, with an underground tuber.
The leaves are simple, linear, entire, and often densely denticulate. The bracts can resemble leaves; they are entire or with a protruding or lobed tooth on both sides at the base (rarely they can appear 3-lobed).
The flower shape is bilabiate, with the corolla tube divided entirely into two (three petals curved upwards, two down). This species has very short stamens, 3-4mm long (only a quarter to a third of the length of the corolla). The flower colour is white or a pale grey-purple-ish colour. There are usually some tiny purple spots on the inside of the petals, deep inside the flower.[3][4]
It is closely related to, and often confused with, other southern Cape species such as Cyphia digitata and Cyphia sylvatica.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Threatened Species Programme | SANBI Red List of South African Plants". http://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=1717-65.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Cyphia volubilis - Climbers in the Fynbos" (in en-GB). 2016-09-14. https://www.phillipskop.co.za/flora/cyphia-volubilis.
- ↑ Phillips, E.P. (1917). A revision of the South African material of the genus Cyphia Berg. Annals of the South African Museum 9:449-474.
- ↑ Wimmer, F.E. (1968). Lobelioideae Supplementum et Campanulaceae - Cyphioideae. In: S. Danert (ed). Das Pflanzenreich 108:53-1024. Akademie Verlag, Berlin.
Wikidata ☰ Q15601823 entry
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