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Genus: Ammocharis

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: Amaryllidaceae

The 5 species are found throughout sub-Saharan Africa, with 3 species in southern Africa.

  Species indigenous in southern Africa

Ammocharis baumii   

 

Ammocharis coranica (Ammocharis, Ground Lily)

Berglelie, Gifbol, Seeroogblom [Afrikaans]; boka [South Sotho]; icukudo, incukudwane, isidiya, umbhodiya [Zulu]

 

Ammocharis falcata

 

Ammocharis longifolia

 

Ammocharis  tinneana

 

Ammocharis  nerinoides

 

 


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