Biology:Eriospermum exile
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Eriospermum exile | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Nolinoideae |
| Genus: | Eriospermum |
| Species: | E. exile
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| Binomial name | |
| Eriospermum exile Perry
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Eriospermum exile is a species of geophytic plant of the genus Eriospermum, indigenous to South Africa .
Description
This species has a single, erect, slender, linear to lanceolate leaf (125mm long and 8mm wide). The leaf has a very thin stalk (petiole).
The tuber is pear-shaped and white inside.
Distribution and habitat
It is indigenous to Beaufort group shales or quartzite, rocky soils, often on sheltered south-east facing slopes, in the Robertson Karoo, Little Karoo and western Great Karoo regions of South Africa . It occurs from Worcester in the west, eastwards as far as the town of De Rust.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Perry, P.L. (1994) A Revision of the Genus Eriospermum (Eriospermaceae). Bolus Herbarium, University of Cape Town.
- ↑ Distribution
Wikidata ☰ Q15512294 entry
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