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Accession Data:

Melianthus major L.

  • Common Name: Cape Honeyflower, Kruidjie-roer-my-nie
  • Family: Melianthaceae Link

  • Country of Origin: South Africa
  • Habitat: along streams and roadside ditches

  • USDA Zone: 8a-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201200016
  • Source: Kartuz Greenhouses
  • Accession Date: 03-29-2012
  • Bench: 1108 - AFR:West Bench SC
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 09-19-2017
  • Restrictions:
    • Poisonous Plant Parts - Not for Human Consumption

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: rosids
  • Order: Geraniales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Melianthaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • Plants used in EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • Type Species
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Cape Provinces / KwaZulu-Natal / Northern Provinces

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, December 13, 2016.
  2. Melianthus major at PlantzAfrica. Last accessed on Tuesday, December 13, 2016.
  3. Melianthus major at Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Last accessed on Tuesday, December 13, 2016.

data regenerated on Tue, 19 Sep 2017 14:39:42 -0400

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Current Accessions in the Melianthaceae

  • Greyia sutherlandii
  • Melianthus major
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