Genus: Eucomis
Life
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Chloroplastida
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> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Asparagales
> Family: Asparagaceae
About 12 species,
native from South Africa through to Malawi, with 11 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.
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