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Crossyne flava

[= Boophane flava]

Geelsambreelblom [Afrikaans]

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Asparagales > Family: Amaryllidaceae > Genus: Crossyne

Crossyne flava
A Bombyliid bee-fly (Australoechus megaspilus) pollinating a flower of Crossyne flava, Nieuwoudtville, Northern Cape, South Africa.  [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

See Nieuwoudtville wildflowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 56

See Cederberg wild flowers by Gretel van Rooyen & Hester Steyn p. 56