Genus: Dipcadi
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> Family: Asparagaceae
About 30 species,
native to Africa, Madagascar, Socotra, Mediterranean region and India,
with 14 species native to southern Africa. Previously placed in the family
Hyacinthaceae, which has been sunk under the Asparagaceae.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI) and
Flora of
Zimbabwe.
Dipcadi bakerianum
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa (Free State, Northern Cape, Northwest Province),
Botswana, Namibia.
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Dipcadi brevifolium
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa (Eastern Cape, Northern Cape), Namibia. |
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Dipcadi ciliare
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa (Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, Northwest
Province, Western Cape) |
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Dipcadi crispum
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa (Northern Cape, Western Cape), Namibia. |
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Dipcadi glaucum
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa (Free State, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape,
Northwest Province), Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe. |
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Dipcadi gracillimum
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa (Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga,
Northern Cape), Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland,
Zimbabwe. |
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Dipcadi hyacinthoides
Distribution in southern Africa: ? |
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Dipcadi longifolium
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa (Northern Cape), Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe. |
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Dipcadi marlothii
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa (Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo,
Mpumalanga, Northern Cape), Botswana, Namibia,
Swaziland, Zimbabwe. |
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Dipcadi papillatum
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa (Free State, Gauteng, Limpopo, Northern Cape),
Namibia, Zimbabwe. |
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Dipcadi platyphyllum
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa (Limpopo, Northern Cape), Botswana, Namibia,
Zimbabwe. |
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Dipcadi rigidifolium
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa (Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape,
Northwest Province), Botswana, Zimbabwe. |
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Dipcadi vaginatum
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa (Northern Cape, Northwest Province), Botswana,
Namibia. |
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Dipcadi viride
Distribution in southern Africa: South Africa (Eastern
Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo,
Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, Northwest Province),
Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland, Zimbabwe. |
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