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Order:
Liliales
Life
> eukaryotes >
Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
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Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants)
> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants)
> Monocotyledons
Four of the eleven families are encountered in southern Africa
but only two of them are indigenous. There are about 67 genera and 1558 species,
of which 13 genera and 68 species are indigenous to southern Africa. An
additional six genera and 17 species are cultivated in southern Africa.
Families encountered in southern Africa
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Alstroemeriaceae (Peruvian lily
family)
Three genera and 165 species (South and Central America). Two genera and six
species cultivated in southern Africa. |
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Colchicaceae
There are 17 genera and 170 species, found in the Old
World, with 12 genera and 67 species indigenous to southern Africa. |
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Smilacaceae
Two genera and about 315 species (tropical and temperate regions). Smilax
anceps is indigenous to southern Africa. |
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Liliaceae
Sixteen genera and 635 species (mainly north temperate regions). Liliaceae
used to include a broad range of genera but it has been split into a large
number of different families and what remains in the Liliaceae does not
include any species indigenous to southern Africa. However, at least four
genera and 11 species are cultivated in the region. |
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Families not encountered in southern Africa
Corsiaceae, Campynemataceae, Petermanniaceae,
Luzuriagaceae, Melanthiaceae, Philesiaceae, Rhipogonaceae
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