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Gibasis pellucida (Dotted bridal veil)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Commelinales > Family: Commelinaceae > Genus: Gibasis

Gibasis pellucida  

Gibasis pellucida, Seldomseen, Vumba, Zimbabwe. [photo Bart Wursten ©, Flora of Zimbabwe]

 

Native to Mexico. Cultivated in southern Africa. It occasionally escapes to become naturalised in high rainfall areas.

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