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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Drimiopsis

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: Asparagaceae

About 15 species, native to Africa, with eight species native to southern Africa. Previously placed in the family Hyacinthaceae, which has been sunk under the Asparagaceae.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI) and Flora of Zimbabwe.

Drimiopsis atropurpurea

Drimiopsis burkei

Drimiopsis comptonii

 

Drimiopsis crenata

In POSA, synonymised under Drimiopsis burkei, but recognised here as a separate species.

Drimiopsis davidsoniae

 

Drimiopsis maculata

Drimiopsis pusilla

 

Drimiopsis reilleyana

 

Drimiopsis woodii