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Ladieshands
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Ladieshands

Cyanella

Cyanella is a genus of cormous perennial herbs native to South Africa and Namibia, first described for modern science in 1754.

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9 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Blue Ladieshand

speciesCyanella hyacinthoides

Yellow Ladieshand

speciesCyanella lutea

Orchid Ladieshand

speciesCyanella orchidiformis

Toetoe Ladieshand

speciesCyanella alba

Cyanella ramosissima

speciesCyanella ramosissima

Wild Beet

speciesCyanella cygnea

Shaggy Ladieshand

speciesCyanella pentheri

Cyanella aquatica

speciesCyanella aquatica

Cyanella marlothii

speciesCyanella marlothii

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 120058.