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Agapanthus (agapanthus genus)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) >  Monocotyledons >  Order: Asparagales >  Family: Agapanthaceae

This is the only genus within the family Agapanthaceae and it is endemic to southern Africa, where 10 species occur. 

Agapanthus sp. growing in the Company Gardens, Cape Town. [photo H. Robertson, Iziko ©]

Species indigenous to southern Africa

Agapanthus africanus

 

Agapanthus campanulatus

 

Agapanthus caulescens

Agapanthus caulescens

Agapanthus codii

Agapanthus codii

Agapanthus comptonii

 

Agapanthus dyeri

 

Agapanthus inapertus

Agapanthus inapertus

Agapanthus nutans

 

Agapanthus praecox

 

Agapanthus walshii

 

Publications

  • Leighton, F.M. 1965. The genus Agapanthus L'Hérit. Journal of South African Botany Suppl. 4: 1-50.

 

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