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Genus: Crossyne

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 2 species are endemic to the Western Cape and Northern Cape, occurring in the winter-rainfall region.

Species indigenous in southern Africa

Crossyne flava 

[= Boophane flava]

Geelsambreelblom [Afrikaans]

See Nieuwoudtville wildflowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 56; Cederberg wild flowers by Gretel van Rooyen & Hester Steyn p. 56

Crossyne guttata

Seeroogblom, Sambreelblom, Haarblaar [Afrikaans]

See West Coast wild flowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 44.

 

 

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