CYPHIA ERECTA
Author:
Émile A.J. De Wildeman, 1903
Family:
CAMPANULACEAE
Origin:
Elevation:
Publisher:
Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 4, 1: 162 (1903)
Collection number:
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Thickness:
2 Centimetres
Height:
8-80 Centimetres
Propagate:
Seeds
CITES:
Synonyms:
Cyphia scandens, De Wild. 1903.
Cyphia regularis, E.Wimm. 1952.
Cyphia rhodesiaca, E.Wimm. 1968.
This member of the Campanulaceae family was given this name by Émile Auguste Joseph De Wildeman in 1903. It is found in Congo, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia and Zaïre, growing in a well drained but rich soil with some water and some to lots of sun. The caudex can grow to two centimetres in diameter, the entire plant from eight to 80centimetres in height. The flowers are pale blue to mauve or purple.
The genera name from Cyphi an Egyptian perfuming powder, due to the scent of the flowers - OR: Greek. kyphos; 'bent'; referring to the shape of the style and stigma.
The species name referring to the growing-form: 'Upright, perpendicular'. The caudex by Robert v. Blittersdorff, Africanplants.senckenberg.de.
Flower
Pale Blue - Mauve - Purple
Soil
Mix - Rich
Water
Medium
Sun
Medium - Maximum
