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Genus: Sparaxis
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> Family: Iridaceae
The 15 species are endemic to the Western and Northern
Cape, found mainly on clay soils in renosterveld and to a lesser extent in
coastal sandveld.
Short-tubed flowers are pollinated by bees and long-tubed
species by Prosoeca flies (Nemestrinidae) (Goldblatt & Manning 2000).
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
Publications
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Goldblatt, P. 1969. The genus Sparaxis.
Journal of South African Botany 35: 219-252.
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Goldblatt, P. 1992. Phylogenetic analysis of
the South African genus Sparaxis including Synnotia
(Iridaceae: Ixioideae), with two new species and a review of the genus. Annals
of the Missouri Botanical Garden 79: 143-159.
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Goldblatt, P. 1999. Devia, Sparaxis. Flora
of southern Africa 7,2, fascicle 1: 148-169.
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Goldblatt, P. & Manning, J.C. 2000.
Iridaceae. In: In: Seed Plants of
Southern Africa (ed. O.A. Leistner). Strelitzia 10: 623-638.
National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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