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Nivenia levynsiae

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: Nivenia

Nivenia levynsiae
Nivenia levynsiae Nivenia levynsiae

The rare local endemic woody Irid, Nivenia levynsiae, flowering in summer in Table Mountain sandstone rock crevices in the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa. [photos Colin Paterson-Jones ©]