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Genus: Eriospermum
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> Family: Asparagaceae
Distributed mainly within southern
Africa with 105 of the 127 species occurring in this
region. The remaining species occur further north in tropical
Africa. Previously placed in the family Eriospermaceae, then the
Ruscaceae, neither of which is now recognised.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI) and
Flora of
Zimbabwe.
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Eriospermum aequilibre
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Eriospermum alcicorne
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Eriospermum algiferum
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Eriospermum andongense
Recorded from Zimbabwe.
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Eriospermum aphyllum
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Eriospermum appendiculatum
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Eriospermum arachnoideum
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Eriospermum arenosum
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Eriospermum aribesense
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Eriospermum armianum
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Eriospermum attenuatum
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Eriospermum bakerianum
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Eriospermum bayeri
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Eriospermum bifidum
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Eriospermum bowieanum
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Eriospermum bracteatum
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Eriospermum brevipes
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Eriospermum breviscapum
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Eriospermum bruynsii
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Eriospermum calcareum
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Eriospermum capense
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Eriospermum cecilii
Recorded from Zimbabwe.
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Eriospermum cernuum
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Eriospermum cervicorne
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Eriospermum ciliatum
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Eriospermum citrinum
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Eriospermum coactum
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Eriospermum cooperi
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Eriospermum cordiforme
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Eriospermum corymbosum
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Eriospermum crispum
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Eriospermum descendens
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Eriospermum deserticolum
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Eriospermum dielsianum
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Eriospermum dissitiflorum
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Eriospermum dregei
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Eriospermum dyeri
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Eriospermum erinum
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Eriospermum eriophorum
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Eriospermum ernstii
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Eriospermum exigium
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Eriospermum exile
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Eriospermum filicaule
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Eriospermum flabellatum
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Eriospermum flagelliforme
[= Eriospermum abyssinicum]
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Eriospermum flavum
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Eriospermum flexum
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Eriospermum flexuosum
Recorded from Zimbabwe.
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Eriospermum folioliferum
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Eriospermum fragile
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Eriospermum glaciale
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Eriospermum graminifolium
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Eriospermum halenbergense
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Eriospermum inconspicuum
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Eriospermum kiboense
Recorded from Zimbabwe.
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Eriospermum kirkii
Recorded from Zimbabwe.
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Eriospermum lanceifolium
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Eriospermum lanimarginatum
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Eriospermum lanuginosum
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Eriospermum lavranosii
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Eriospermum laxiracemosum
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Eriospermum macgregoriorum
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Eriospermum mackenii
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Eriospermum marginatum
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Eriospermum minutiflorum
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Eriospermum minutipustulatum
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Eriospermum multifidum
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Eriospermum namaquanum
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Eriospermum nanum
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Eriospermum occultum
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Eriospermum ornithogaloides
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Eriospermum orthophyllum
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Eriospermum papilliferum
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Eriospermum paradoxum
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Eriospermum parvifolium
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Eriospermum parvulum
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Eriospermum patentiflorum
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Eriospermum phippsii
Recorded from Zimbabwe.
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Eriospermum porphyrium
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Eriospermum porphyrovalve
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Eriospermum proliferum
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Eriospermum pubescens
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Eriospermum pumilum
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Eriospermum pusillum
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Eriospermum pustulatum
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Eriospermum ramosum
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Eriospermum ratelpoortianum
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Eriospermum rautanenii
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Eriospermum rhizomatum
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Eriospermum roseum
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Eriospermum sabulosum
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Eriospermum schinzii
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Eriospermum schlechteri
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Eriospermum spirale
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Eriospermum subincanum
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Eriospermum subtile
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Eriospermum titanopsoides
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Eriospermum triphyllum
Recorded from Zimbabwe.
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Eriospermum tuberculatum
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Eriospermum undulatum
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Eriospermum vermiforme
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Eriospermum villosum
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Eriospermum viscosum
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Eriospermum volkmanniae
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Eriospermum zeyheri
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Publications
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Perry P. 1984. Ten new species of
Eriospermum Jacquin (Liliaceae) from the western Cape.
Journal of South African Botany 50(4): 503-534.
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Perry PL, Hall AV. 1994. A revision of the
genus Eriospermum (Eriospermaceae). Contributions
from the Bolus Herbarium 17: 1-320.
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