Genus: Dianella (flax lilies)
Life
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Asparagales > Family:
Xanthorrhoeaceae
Three species cultivated in southern Africa.
Previously placed in the Hemerocallidaceae, which has been sunk
under Xanthorrhoeaceae.
Species cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
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Dianella caerulea Native to
Australia. |
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Dianella ensata Native to the Old
World tropics. |
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Dianella intermedia Native to
Norfolk Island and Fiji. |
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References
Text by Hamish Robertson |
