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Genus: Hypoxis Life
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> Family: Hypoxidaceae
About 90 species (pantropical: sub-Saharan
Africa, America, SE Asia and Australia), with 44 species native to
southern Africa and one species naturalised.
Species native to southern Africa
List from Singh (2006),
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI) and Flora of Zimbabwe.
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Hypoxis acuminata
Distribution: Lesotho, South Africa
and Swaziland
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Hypoxis angustifolia
Widely distribution in Africa south
of the Sahara and also occurs on Mauritius, Rčunion and
Madagascar. |
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Hypoxis argentea
Distribution: Lesotho, South Africa,
Swaziland, Namibia and Tanzania. |
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Hypoxis canaliculata
Distribution: Angola, DRC, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
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Hypoxis colchicifolia
Distribution: South Africa. |
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Hypoxis costata
Distribution: Lesotho, South Africa,
Swaziland. |
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Hypoxis cuanzensis
Distribution: Angola, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe. |
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Hypoxis dinteri |
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Hypoxis exaltata
Distribution: South Africa |
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Hypoxis filiformis
Distribution: Angola, Burundi, DRC,
Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland,
Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. |
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Hypoxis flanaganii
Distribution: South Africa |
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Hypoxis floccosa
Distribution: South Africa |
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Hypoxis galpinii
Distribution: South Africa,
Swaziland, Zimbabwe. |
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Hypoxis gerrardii
Distribution: South Africa, Lesotho,
Swaziland. |
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Hypoxis goetzei
Distribution: DRC, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania,
Zambia, Zimbabwe. |
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Hypoxis hemerocallidea
Distribution: South Africa, Botswana,
Lesotho, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe. |
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Hypoxis interjecta
Distribution: South Africa |
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Hypoxis iridifolia |
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Hypoxis kraussiana
Distribution: South Africa,
Swaziland, possibly DRC. |
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Hypoxis lata |
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Hypoxis limicola |
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Hypoxis longifolia
Distribution: South Africa, Lesotho,
Mozambique. |
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Hypoxis ludwigii
Distribution: South Africa, Lesotho. |
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Hypoxis malosana
Distribution: Burundi, Botswana, DRC, Malawi,
Mozambique, possibly South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda,
Zambia, Zimbabwe. |
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Hypoxis membranacea
Distribution: Angola, Swaziland. |
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Hypoxis multiceps
Distribution: Lesotho, South Africa,
Swaziland. |
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Hypoxis neliana
Distribution: Lesotho, South Africa. |
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Hypoxis nyasica
Distribution: Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia,
Zimbabwe. |
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Hypoxis obconica |
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Hypoxis obliqua
Distribution: Lesotho, South Africa |
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Hypoxis obtusa
Distribution: Angola, Botswana,
Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South
Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe. |
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Hypoxis parvifolia
Distribution: Malawi, South Africa,
Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Mozambique. |
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Hypoxis parvula
Distribution: Lesotho, South Africa, Swaziland. |
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Hypoxis patula |
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Hypoxis rigidula
Distribution: South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho,
Mozambique, Namibia, possibly Tanzania, Zimbabwe. |
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Hypoxis sagittata
Distribution: South Africa. |
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Hypoxis setosa |
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Hypoxis sobolifera
Distribution: South Africa. |
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Hypoxis stellipilis
Distribution: South Africa. |
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Hypoxis tetramera
Distribution: Lesotho, South Africa. |
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Hypoxis uniflorata
Distribution: South Africa. |
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Hypoxis urceolata
Distribution: DRC, Rwanda, Zimbabwe. |
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Hypoxis villosa
Distribution: Lesotho, possibly Kenya, Malawi,
Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe. |
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Hypoxis woodii |
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Hypoxis zeyheri
Distribution: South Africa. |
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Species naturalised in southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
References
- Singh, Y. 2006. Hypoxis (Hypoxidaceae) in Africa: list of species
and infraspecific names. Bothalia 36(1): 13-23.
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