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Genus: Lichtensteinia

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) >  Eudicotyledons >  Core Eudicots >  Asterids >  Euasterid II > Order: Apiales >  Family: Apiaceae

There are about 7 species, 6 found in South Africa and 1 on the island of St Helena.

 

Lichtensteinia kolbeana

See KwaZulu-Natal wild flowers by Elsa Pooley p. 294.

Lichtensteinia lacera (Kalmus)

Kalmoes [Afrikaans]

See Hottentots Holland to Hermanus wild flowers by Lee Burman & Anne Bean p. 144.

Publications

  • Burtt, B.L. 1991. Umbelliferae of southern Africa: an introduction and annotated checklist. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 48: 133-282.

  

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