Biology:Androcymbium

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Androcymbium
Androcymbium melanthioides-IMG 6048.jpg
Androcymbium melanthioides
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Colchicaceae
Genus: Androcymbium
Willd.
Synonyms[1]
  • Cymbanthes Salisb.
  • Erythrostictus Schltdl.
  • Plexinium Raf.

Androcymbium is a genus of perennial flowering plants first described as a genus in 1808.[2][3] It is native to Africa, southern Europe, the Middle East, and the Canary Islands. The genus has sometimes been included within Colchicum[4] but at present is recognised as a separate genus.[5]

It contains the following species:[5]

  • Androcymbium albanense – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium albomarginatum – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium amphigaripense – Namibia
  • Androcymbium austrocapense – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium bellum – Cape Province, Namibia
  • Androcymbium buchubergense – Namibia
  • Androcymbium burchellii – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium burkei – Lesotho, Free State, Mpumalanga, Limpopo
  • Androcymbium capense – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium cedarbergense – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium ciliolatum – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium circinatum – Cape Province, Namibia
  • Androcymbium crenulatum – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium crispum – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium cruciatum – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium cuspidatum – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium decipiens – KwaZulu-Natal
  • Androcymbium dregei – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium eghimocymbion – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium etesionamibense – Namibia
  • Androcymbium eucomoides – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium europaeum – S. Spain , N. Morocco
  • Androcymbium exiguum – Cape Province, Namibia
  • Androcymbium gramineumNorth Africa + Sahara
  • Androcymbium greuterocymbium – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium hantamense – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium henssenianum – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium hierrense – El Hierro in Canary Islands
  • Androcymbium hughocymbion – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium huntleyi – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium irroratum – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium karooparkense – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium knersvlaktense – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium kunkelianum – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium leistneri – Free State, Lesotho, Cape Province
  • Androcymbium longipes – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium melanthioides – Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa
  • Androcymbium natalense – Free State, KwaZulu-Natal
  • Androcymbium orienticapense – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium palaestinumLibya, Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
  • Androcymbium poeltianum – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium praeirroratum – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium psammophilumLanzarote + Fuerteventura in Canary Islands
  • Androcymbium rechingeriLibya, Crete, Elaphonisos
  • Androcymbium roseum – Angola, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa
  • Androcymbium scabromarginatum – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium schimperianum – Ethiopia, Somalia, Yemen
  • Androcymbium stirtonii – KwaZulu-Natal
  • Androcymbium striatum – from Eritrea to Cape Province
  • Androcymbium swazicum – Mpumalanga, Swaziland
  • Androcymbium undulatum – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium vanjaarsveldii – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium villosum – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium volutare – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium walteri – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium worsonense – Cape Province


References

  1. "WCSP". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=299036. Retrieved February 10, 2014. 
  2. Willdenow, Carl Ludwig von. 1808. Der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin Magazin für die neuesten Entdeckungen in der Gesammten Naturkunde 2: 21
  3. Tropicos, Androcymbium Willd.
  4. Manning, Forest & Vinnersten (2007) The genus Colchicum L. redefined to include Androcymbium Willd. based on molecular evidence. Taxon 56: 872-882.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Androcymbium

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