HyacinthaceaeSubfamily Hyacinthoideae
Subfamily Ornithogaloideae
Subfamily Urgineoideae
W/C = Wild Collected |
Massonia depressa Houtt.
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- Common Name: Kamieskroon
- Family: Hyacinthaceae
- Country of Origin: South Africa
- Habitat: semi arid succulent Karoo
- Description: The flowers are low to the ground, dull colored, with a yeasty odor and sucrose-dominant jelly-like nectar that is easy for the rodents (gerbils) to lap.
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 Accession Data:- Accession # 200700211
- Source: Kamieskroon
- Accession Date: 11-08-2007
- Bench: 2100 - Mediterranean
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 02-02-2009
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- SubClass: monocots
- Order: Asparagales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Hyacinthaceae
- SubFamily: Hyacinthoideae
- Tribe:
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References:
- Rodent Pollination in the African Lily Massonia depressa (Hyacinthaceae), Steven D. Johnson, Anton Pauw and Jeremy Midgley, American Journal of Botany, Vol. 88, No. 10 (Oct., 2001), pp. 1768-1773
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