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Sparaxis
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Sparaxis is a genus of flowering plants called the harlequin flowers. It belongs to the iris family Iridaceae with about 13 species endemic to Cape Province, South Africa.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderAsparagales
- FamilyIridaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 47
- With media
- 26
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Collections
- US, UFRGS, MO, CHSC, CAS, MEL
- Recorded in
- South Africa, Chile, Brasil, United States, Australia
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- 芒苞菖属
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Sparaxis is a genus of flowering plants called the harlequin flowers. It belongs to the iris family Iridaceae with about 13 species endemic to Cape Province, South Africa.
All are perennials that grow during the wet winter season, flower in spring and survive underground as dormant corms over summer. Their conspicuous flowers have six tepals, which in most species are equal in size and shape.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sparaxis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.