home   about   search

biodiversity explorer

the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Colchicum

[= Androcymbium]

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

About 150 species, 49 of which are native to southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

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

Colchicum albanense

 

Colchicum albomarginatum

 

Colchicum amphigaripense

 

Colchicum asteroides

 

Colchicum austrocapense

 

Colchicum bellum

 

Colchicum buchubergense

 

Colchicum burkei

 

Colchicum capense

 

Colchicum cedarbergense

 

Colchicum circinatum

 

Colchicum clanwilliamense

 

Colchicum coloratum

Colchicum crenulatum

 

Colchicum crispum

 

Colchicum cruciatum

 

Colchicum cuspidatum

 

Colchicum decipiens

 

Colchicum dregei

 

Colchicum eghimbocymbion

 

Colchicum eucomoides

 

Colchicum exiguum

 

Colchicum greuterocymbium

 

Colchicum hantamense

 

Colchicum henssenianum

 

Colchicum hughocymbion

 

Colchicum huntleyi

 

Colchicum irroratum

 

Colchicum karooparkense

 

Colchicum knersvlaktense

 

Colchicum kunkelianum

 

Colchicum leistneri

 

Colchicum longipes

 

Colchicum melanthoides

 

Colchicum natalense

 

Colchicum orienticapense

 

Colchicum poeltianum

 

Colchicum praeirroratum

 

Colchicum roseum

 

Colchicum scabromarginatum

 

Colchicum stirtonii

 

Colchicum striatum

[= Androcymbium striatum]

Colchicum swazicum

 

Colchicum undulatum

 

Colchicum vanjaarsveldii

 

Colchicum villosum

 

Colchicum volutare

 

Colchicum walteri

 

Colchicum worsonense