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Genus: Hesperantha
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> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Asparagales
> Family: Iridaceae
About 75 species, found from the Western Cape to Ethiopia,
with centres of diversity in the southwestern Cape, western Karoo and the
Drakensberg.
Publications
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Goldblatt, P. 1984. A revision of Hesperantha
(Iridaceae) in the winter-rainfall area of southern Africa. Journal of
South African Botany 50: 15-141.
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Goldblatt, P. 1986. Notes on the systematics
of Hesperantha in tropical Africa. Annals of the Missouri
Botanical Garden 73: 134-139.
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Goldblatt, P. 1987. New species and notes on
southern African Hesperantha (Iridaceae). South African Journal of
Botany 53: 459-463.
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Hilliard, O.M. & Burtt, B.L. 1986. Hesperantha
(Iridaceae) in Natal and nearby. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden,
Edinburgh 43: 407-438.
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