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Melianthus major (Honey flower)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Rosids > Order: Geraniales > Family: Melianthaceae > Genus: Melianthus

Melianthus major (Honey flower) Melianthus major (Honey flower)

Juvenile Southern double-collared sunbird pollinating Melianthus major under cultivation at Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, South Africa. [photo H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]

Melianthus major under cultivation at Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, South Africa. [photo H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]

Melianthus major (Honey flower)

Melianthus major under cultivation at Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, South Africa. [photo H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]