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Genus: Hesperantha
Life
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plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Asparagales
> Family: Iridaceae
About 82 species, found from the Western Cape to Ethiopia,
with centres of diversity in the southwestern Cape, western Karoo and the
Drakensberg.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI) and
Flora of Zimbabwe.
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Hesperantha acuta
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Hesperantha alborosea |
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Hesperantha altimontana |
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Hesperantha bachmannii |
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Hesperantha ballii
Endemic to Zimbabwe. See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Hesperantha baurii |
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Hesperantha brevicaulis |
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Hesperantha brevifolia |
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Hesperantha brevistyla |
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Hesperantha bulbifera |
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Hesperantha candida |
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Hesperantha cedarmontana |
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Hesperantha ciliolata |
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Hesperantha coccinea
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Hesperantha crocopsis |
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Hesperantha cucullata
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Hesperantha curvula |
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Hesperantha debilis |
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Hesperantha decipiens |
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Hesperantha elsiae |
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Hesperantha erecta |
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Hesperantha exiliflora |
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Hesperantha falcata |
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Hesperantha fibrosa |
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Hesperantha flava |
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Hesperantha flexuosa |
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Hesperantha glabrescens |
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Hesperantha glareosa |
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Hesperantha gracilis |
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Hesperantha grandiflora |
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Hesperantha hantamensis |
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Hesperantha helmei |
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Hesperantha humilis |
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Hesperantha hutchingsiae |
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Hesperantha huttonii |
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Hesperantha hygrophila |
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Hesperantha inconspicua |
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Hesperantha ingeliensis |
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Hesperantha juncifolia |
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Hesperantha karooica |
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Hesperantha lactea |
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Hesperantha latifolia |
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Hesperantha leucantha |
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Hesperantha lithicola |
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Hesperantha longicollis |
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Hesperantha longistyla |
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Hesperantha longituba |
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Hesperantha luticola |
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Hesperantha malvina |
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Hesperantha
marlothii |
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Hesperantha minima
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Hesperantha modesta
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Hesperantha
montigena |
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Hesperantha muirii
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Hesperantha
namaquana |
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Hesperantha
oligantha |
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Hesperantha
pallescens |
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Hesperantha
pauciflora
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Hesperantha
petitiana
Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Hesperantha pilosa
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Hesperantha
pseudopilosa |
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Hesperantha
pubinervia |
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Hesperantha pulchra
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Hesperantha purpurea
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Hesperantha
quadrangula |
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Hesperantha radiata
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Hesperantha
rivulicola |
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Hesperantha
rupestris |
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Hesperantha rupicola
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Hesperantha
saldanhae |
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Hesperantha saxicola
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Hesperantha
schelpeana |
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Hesperantha
schlechteri |
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Hesperantha
scopulosa |
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Hesperantha spicata
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Hesperantha
stenosiphon |
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Hesperantha sufflava
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Hesperantha
teretifolia |
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Hesperantha
truncatula |
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Hesperantha
umbricola |
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Hesperantha vaginata
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Hesperantha woodii |
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Publications
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Goldblatt, P. 1984. A revision of Hesperantha
(Iridaceae) in the winter-rainfall area of southern Africa. Journal of
South African Botany 50: 15-141.
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Goldblatt, P. 1986. Notes on the systematics
of Hesperantha in tropical Africa. Annals of the Missouri
Botanical Garden 73: 134-139.
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Goldblatt, P. 1987. New species and notes on
southern African Hesperantha (Iridaceae). South African Journal of
Botany 53: 459-463.
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Hilliard, O.M. & Burtt, B.L. 1986. Hesperantha
(Iridaceae) in Natal and nearby. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden,
Edinburgh 43: 407-438.
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