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Chasmanthe floribunda

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: Iridaceae > Genus: Chasmanthe

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Chasmanthe floribunda flowering in early spring on Lion's Head, Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Chasmanthe floribunda under cultivation in Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photo H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]

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A male Southern double-collared sunbird (Cinnyris chalybeus), pollinating Chasmanthe floribunda flowering in early winter after a fire on the southern Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photos Colin Paterson-Jones ©]