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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Polyxena

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

Six 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).

Polyxena calcicola

 

Polyxena corymbosa

[= Scilla corymbosa]

 

Polyxena ensifolia

Polyxena longituba

 

Polyxena maughanii

 

Polyxena paucifolia