Empodium
| Empodium | |
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| Empodium plicatum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Hypoxidaceae |
| Genus: | Empodium Salisb. |
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Empodium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Hypoxidaceae, first described in 1866.[2] It grows from a small corm which produces lance-shaped or pleated and sometimes hairy, star-shaped flowers and leaves with 10–30 centimetres (4–12 in) long in Autumn season. The genus is native to winter-rainfall areas in South Africa, Eswatini, Lesotho, and Namibia.[1][3]
- Species[1]
- Empodium elongatum (Nel) B.L.Burtt – Lesotho, Eswatini, Lesotho
- Empodium flexile (Nel) M.F.Thomps. ex Snijman – Cape Province
- Empodium gloriosum (Nel) B.L.Burtt – Cape Province
- Empodium monophyllum (Nel) B.L.Burtt – KwaZulu-Natal, Eswatini
- Empodium namaquensis (Baker) M.F.Thomps. – Cape Province
- Empodium plicatum (Thunb.) Garside – Cape Province
- Empodium veratrifolium (Willd.) M.F.Thomps. – Cape Province
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ "Empodium gloriosum - a low flowering plant of the Cape".
- ^ "Empodium_Rareplants". Archived from the original on 2013-11-03.
External links
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