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Merwilla

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Merwilla is a genus of bulbous flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae (also treated as the family Hyacinthaceae). It is distributed in southern Africa, from Zimbabwe to South Africa. This genus is named after the botanist Frederick Ziervogel Van der Merwe (1894–1968), who worked on this group.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Merwilla is referenced by 8 other articles, and connects out to South Africa, Zimbabwe and plant.

It sits within the topics Asparagaceae genera and Scilloideae.

Its subject is documented across 12 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

Blue Squill

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderAsparagales
  5. FamilyAsparagaceae
Native toCape Provinces, Eswatini, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Zimbabwe
Observations1,435
Observations recorded1,314

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Instance of
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Parent taxon
Scilloideae
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Merwilla plumbea KirstenboschBotGard09292010KN.jpg
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taxon name
Merwilla
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Category:Merwilla
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Merwilla is a genus of bulbous flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae (also treated as the family Hyacinthaceae). It is distributed in southern Africa, from Zimbabwe to South Africa. This genus is named after the botanist Frederick Ziervogel Van der Merwe (1894–1968), who worked on this group.

==Description==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Merwilla” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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