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Hexacyrtis
Sign in to saveHexacyrtis, common name Namib lily, is a plant genus native to Namibia and the Cape Provinces of South Africa but cultivated elsewhere as an ornamental plant. At present (April 2014) only one species is recognized: Hexacyrtis dickiana Dinter. It bears an umbel with nodding flowers, the tepals recurved, red towards the tips but yellow near the center.
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Vinony's link graph records 3 inbound references to Hexacyrtis, and connects out to South Africa, Namibia and plant.
Vinony files it under Colchicaceae, Colchicaceae genera and Flora of Namibia.
Vinony links it to 4 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
Namib Lily
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderLiliales
- FamilyColchicaceae
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- Colchicaceae
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- Hexacyrtis
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Hexacyrtis, common name Namib lily, is a plant genus native to Namibia and the Cape Provinces of South Africa but cultivated elsewhere as an ornamental plant. At present (April 2014) only one species is recognized: Hexacyrtis dickiana Dinter. It bears an umbel with nodding flowers, the tepals recurved, red towards the tips but yellow near the center.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hexacyrtis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.