|
Genus: Boophone [= Boophane]
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: Amaryllidaceae
Two species, both native to southern Africa.
Boophone disticha is widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI),
Flora of Zimbabwe and
Flora of Mozambique.
Publications
- Dyer, R.A. 1953. Boophone disticha. Flowering Plants of Africa
29: pl. 1141.
- Leighton, F.M. 1947. Boophone haemanthoides. Journal of South
African Botany 13: 59-61.
|
