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Genus: Ammocharis
Life
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> Monocotyledons > Order: Asparagales
> Family: Amaryllidaceae
Seven species, native to sub-Saharan
Africa, with six species native to southern Africa.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI) and
Flora of Zimbabwe.
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Ammocharis baumii |
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Ammocharis coranica (Ammocharis,
Ground lily) Widespread in southern Africa, from
Oudtshoorn to southern Angola and Zimbabwe. Occurs on seasonally damp flats. |
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Ammocharis falcata |
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Ammocharis longifolia (Malgas
lily) Occurs in southern Namibia, lower Gariep Valley,
western Namaqualand through to Cape Peninsula and from there through to
Bonnievale. Found in flat areas and on slopes in sand soils or stony
alluvial soils. |
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Ammocharis nerinoides |
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Ammocharis tinneana
(Northern ammocharis) |
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Publications
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Milne-Redhead, E. and Schweickerdt, H.G. 1939. A new
conception of the genus Ammocharis Herb. Botanical Journal of the
Linnean Society 52: 159-197.
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Pole Evans, I.B. 1938. Ammocharis coranica. Flowering
Plants of South Africa 18: pl. 712.
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