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Genus: Cyanella

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: Tecophilaeaceae

Eight species, endemic to southern Africa (mainly Western Cape). 

Genera in southern Africa

List from Archer (2003).

Cyanella alba

 

 

Cyanella amboensis

 

 

Cyanella aquatica

 

 

Cyanella cygnea

 

 

Cyanella hyacinthoides

 

 

Cyanella lutea

 

 

Cyanella orchidiformis

 

 

Cyanella ramosissima

 

 

Publications

  • Archer, R.H. 2003. Tecophilaeaceae. In Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds), Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1212-1213. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

 

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