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Order:
Liliales
Life
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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 10 genera and 88 species are native 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
Fifteen genera and 245 species, native to the Old
World, with nine genera and 87 species native to southern Africa. |
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Smilacaceae
Two genera and about 315 species (tropical and temperate regions). Smilax
anceps is native 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 native 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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