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Genus: Crocosmia Life
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> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Asparagales
> Family: Iridaceae
Seven species, native to southern and eastern Africa as
well as Madagascar (one species).
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI),
Flora of
Zimbabwe and
Flora of
Mozambique.
Those species with short-tubed flowers are pollinated by
long-tongued bees and those with long-tubed flowers are pollinated by sunbirds
(Goldblatt & Manning 2000).
Publications
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de Vos, M.P. 1984. The African genus Crocosmia
Planchon. Journal of South African Botany 50: 463-502.
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de Vos, M.P. 1999. Ixia, Tritonia,
Crocosmia, Duthieastrum, Chasmanthe. Flora of southern Africa 7,2,
fascicle 1: 1-147.
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Goldblatt, P. & Manning, J.C. 2000.
Iridaceae. In: In: Seed Plants of
Southern Africa (ed. O.A. Leistner). Strelitzia 10: 623-638.
National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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