Genus: Merwilla Life
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> Family: Asparagaceae
Three species are 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.
Merwilla dracomontana
[= Scilla dracomontana] |
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Merwilla lazulina
[= Scilla lazulina]
Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Merwilla plumbea
[= Scilla plumbea, Merwilla natalensis] |
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