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Chironia linoides

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
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Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
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Internal ID UUID644010e3a765c462945874
Scientific name Chironia linoides
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 189 (1753)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Onefera coccinea Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 30 (1837)
Chironia amoena Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 137 (1796)
Chironia ecklonii Schoch Bull. Herb. Boissier , sér. 2, 2: 1013 (1902)
Chironia linoides var. longifolia Griseb. Gen. Sp. Gent. 104 1839
Chironia lychnoides P.J.Bergius Descr. Pl. Cap. : 45 (1767)
Chironia uniflora Eckl. ex Griseb. Prodr. 9: 41 (1845)
Chironia vulgaris Cham. Linnaea 6: 343 (1831)
Chironia vulgaris var. linoides (L.) Cham. Linnaea 6: 343 1831
Chironia zeyheri Prain Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1908: 295 (1908)

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Language Common/alternative name
English cape chiron
English cape centaury
English kaapse bitterwortel
Afrikaans kaapse bitterwortel

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Chironia linoides subsp. emarginata (Jaroscz) Verd. Bothalia 7: 460 1961
Chironia linoides subsp. macrocalyx (Prain) Verd. Bothalia 7: 460 1961
Chironia linoides subsp. nana Verd. Bothalia 7: 460 1961
Chironia linoides subsp. linoides Unknown

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000602735
Tropicos 13800897
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:366841-1
The Plant List kew-2718798
Open Tree Of Life 181534
NCBI Taxonomy 83318
IPNI 366841-1
iNaturalist 582176
GBIF 5595755
Wikipedia Chironia_linoides

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Reduced visitation to buzz‐pollinated Cyanella hyacinthoides in the presence of other pollen sources in the hyperdiverse Cape Floristic Region Kemp JE, Telles FJ, Vallejo‐Marín M Ecol Evol 02-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC8976283
doi:10.1002/ece3.8784
PMID:35386882

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