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Hyacinthaceae

Subfamily Hyacinthoideae

Subfamily Ornithogaloideae

Subfamily Urgineoideae

W/C = Wild Collected
Massonia depressa Houtt.

  • Query IPNI
  • 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:
  • SubTribe:
References:

  1. 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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