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Melianthus
Sign in to saveMelianthus is a genus of flowering plants native to elevated grassland in South Africa, Lesotho, and Namibia. A common name for these plants is honey flower, which is also the English translation of the Latin name. This name also attaches to the species M. comosus and M. major that are found in cultivation.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderGeraniales
- FamilyMelianthaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 21
- With media
- 9
- Family
- Melianthaceae
- Collections
- UFRGS, UCR, MEL, GH, MO, US
- Recorded in
- Brasil, United States, South Africa, Brazil, [Afrique Du Sud]
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Francoaceae
- Image
- Melianthus major 1.jpg
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- taxon name
- Melianthus
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Melianthus
- topic's main category
- Category:Melianthus
- has fruit type
- capsule
- taxonomic type
- Melianthus major
- taxon common name
- 羽叶树属
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Melianthus is a genus of flowering plants native to elevated grassland in South Africa, Lesotho, and Namibia. A common name for these plants is honey flower, which is also the English translation of the Latin name. This name also attaches to the species M. comosus and M. major that are found in cultivation.
The genus contains up to six species of evergreen shrubs. They have large pinnate leaves with prominent stipules, and erect racemes of nectar-rich flowers. The vegetative parts are very toxic.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Melianthus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.