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Orphium
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thumb|left|Female carpenter bee, Xylocopa caffra visiting Orphium fruitescens
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderGentianales
- FamilyGentianaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Gentianaceae
- Collections
- VT
- Recorded in
- South Africa
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- Orphium fruitescens, sea-rose, Gentianaceae.jpg
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- Orphium
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- Category:Orphium
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Description
- Habitat and cultivation
- Cultural references
- Notes
- References
thumb|left|Female carpenter bee, Xylocopa caffra visiting Orphium fruitescens
Orphium is a plant genus in the Gentian family (Gentianaceae), endemic to South Africa. The name derives from the legendary Greek musician Orpheus. The genus contains a single accepted species, Orphium frutescens, commonly known as the sea rose. Orphium arenarium C.Presl has been proposed as another species, but data suggest that it is synonymous with Chironia arenaria E.Mey.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Orphium” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.