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Genus: Kniphofia (red-hot pokers)
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:
Xanthorrhoeaceae
About 70
species found mainly in Africa but with one species in Madagascar and one in the
South Arabian Peninsula. A total of 46 species are native to southern Africa. Previously
in the Asphodelaceae, which has been sunk under Xanthorrhoeaceae.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI),
Flora of
Zimbabwe and
Flora of
Mozambique.
Publications
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