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Eriospermum
Sign in to saveEriospermum is a genus of tuberous flowering plants. It contains 114 species native to sub-Saharan Africa.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderAsparagales
- FamilyAsparagaceae
Eriospermum is een geslacht uit de aspergefamilie. De soorten komen voor in Sub-Saharisch Afrika.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 90
- With media
- 77
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Collections
- US, MO, ANSP, RSA
- Recorded in
- South Africa, Botswana, Tanzania, Zambia, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Kenya
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- Eriospermum paradoxum - Ashton South Africa.jpg
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Eriospermum is a genus of tuberous flowering plants. It contains 114 species native to sub-Saharan Africa.
== Name == The name "Eriospermum" is from the Greek erion for "wool" and sperma for "seed". In the APG III classification system, the genus is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Convallarioideae (formerly the family Ruscaceae). It was formerly placed in its own family, Eriospermaceae.
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