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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Massonia

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

Eight species, endemic 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).

Massonia bifolia

Massonia depressa

Massonia echinata

Massonia etesionamibensis

[= Whiteheadia etesionamibensis]

 

Massonia jasminiflora

 

Massonia pustulata

 

Massonia pygmaea

[= Neobakeria heterandra]

Massonia sessiliflora