Genus: Caesia
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Asparagales > Family:
Xanthorrhoeaceae
Thirteen species: nine native to Australia, one
from Madagascar and three native to southern Africa. The genus used
to be included in the Anthericaceae and then the Hemerocallidaceae,
neither of which are now recognised.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
Caesia capensis
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Caesia contorta |
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Caesia sabulosa |
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