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Family: Hypoxidaceae Life
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There are nine genera and about 130 species worldwide of
which six genera (five endemic) and about 88 species are indigenous to southern
Africa. An additional one genus and two species are cultivated in the region. Southern Africa is the region with the highest diversity of hypoxids but
the family is also native to South America, Australia and tropical Asia.
Indigenous genera in southern Africa
Empodium
About nine species, all endemic to southern Africa. |
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Hypoxis
About 90 species (pantropical: sub-Saharan Africa, America, SE Asia and
Australia), with the highest diversity (about 45 species) in southern
Africa. |
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Pauridia
Two species, endemic to the Western Cape. |
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Rhodohypoxis
Six species, all endemic to southern Africa. |
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Saniella
One species: Saniella verna endemic to southern Africa (southern
Drakensberg). |
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Spiloxene
About 25 species, endemic to southern Africa (winter rainfall region,
including Namibia, Northern Cape, Western Cape and Eastern Cape). |
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Other genera, cultivated in southern Africa
Curculigo
Two species cultivated. |
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