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Chortolirion
Sign in to saveChortolirion (Gk. 'chortos' = 'pasture', 'lirion' ='lily') is a genus of perennial plants in the family Asphodelaceae, subfamily Asphodeloideae, first described as a genus in 1908. It is native to Southern Africa.
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GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderAsparagales
- FamilyAsphodelaceae
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- Asphodeloideae
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- Chortolirion
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- 鳞茎芦荟属
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Chortolirion (Gk. 'chortos' = 'pasture', 'lirion' ='lily') is a genus of perennial plants in the family Asphodelaceae, subfamily Asphodeloideae, first described as a genus in 1908. It is native to Southern Africa. Species Chortolirion angolense (Baker) A.Berger - Huíla Plateau in Angola Chortolirion latifolium Zonn. & G.P.J.Fritz - Free State and Gauteng in South Africa Chortolirion subspicatum (Baker) A.Berger - Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, Lesotho, South Africa Chortolirion tenuifolium (Engl.) A.Berger - Zimbabwe, Namibia, northeastern South Africa
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chortolirion” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.