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Leucojum aestivum (Summer snowdrop)

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 > Genus: Leucojum

Ipheion uniflorum

Leucojum aestivum, flowering in spring in Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

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Ipheion aestivum in a garden in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, [photos H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]