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Genus: Bobartia

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: Iridaceae

The 14 species are endemic to the Western and Eastern Cape, found mainly in montane rocky sandstone soils and particularly prevalent after fires.

The flowers are probably pollinated by pollen-collecting bees.

Publications

  • Strid, A. 1974. A taxonomic revision of Bobartia L. (Iridaceae). Opera Botanica 37: 1-45.

  

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