Family: Hypoxidaceae

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There are nine genera and about 130 species worldwide of which seven genera and 79 species are native to southern Africa. An additional species is naturalised, and two species are cultivated in the region. Southern Africa is the region with the highest diversity of hypoxids but the family is also native to South America, Australia and tropical Asia.

Genera native to southern Africa

Curculigo One species is native to southern Africa and two species are cultivated.
Empodium Seven species, all endemic to southern Africa.
Hypoxis About 90 species (pantropical: sub-Saharan Africa, America, SE Asia and Australia), with 44 species native to southern Africa and one species naturalised.
Pauridia Two species, endemic to the Western Cape.
Rhodohypoxis Six species, all endemic to southern Africa.
Saniella Two species: Saniella occidentalis (pictured) and Saniella verna
Spiloxene Seventeen species, endemic to southern Africa (winter rainfall region, including Namibia, Northern Cape, Western Cape and Eastern Cape).