Distribution Map

Cyphia elata var. elata

       
lugagane
(Cyphia elata var. elata)
(Cyphia elata var. glabra)
(Cyphia elata var. oblongifolia)

Campanulaceae Cyphioideae  

As at April 2024, 34 herbarium specimens, 20 photo records, 8 visual observations

South African Red List status: species LC
Global Distribution: Southern Africa only
Found within protected areas: Malolotja
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Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Cyphia elata - Very variable, usually robust, stiffly erect, up to 1 m high, with several broad overlapping leaves on lower part of stem and a straight compactly many-flowered terminal inflorescence, occasionally branching. Hairless or very thinly downy. Leaves stalkless, clasping stem, varying from narrowly oblong to broadly oval, up to 10 cm long X 6 cm wide, blunt, margins with numerous small teeth. Inflorescence cylindrical, up to 10 cm long X 2 cm diam; flowers stalkless, singly or in small clusters. Calyx c 4 mm long; corolla white or yellow, rarely mauve, tube c 7 mm long, lobes c 2 mm long.

* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.

Notes:
Global distribution information: southern Africa includes southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe.
Restricted distribution has been based on an estimated extent of occurence of less than 100 000 km2 and/or an estimated area of occupancy of 100 km2, based on geo-referenced GBIF and iNaturalist data.