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Ornithoglossum

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Ornithoglossum
Ornithoglossum vulgare
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Colchicaceae
Genus: Ornithoglossum
Salisb.
Species

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Synonyms[1]
  • Lichtensteinia Willd.
  • Cymation Spreng.
  • Cymatium Spreng.

Ornithoglossum is a genus of plants native to southern Africa, some of which are widely cultivated as ornamentals. Nine species are currently recognized, as of April 2014:[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Ornithoglossum
  2. ^ Salisbury, Richard Anthony. 1806. Paradisus Londonensis : or Coloured Figures of Plants Cultivated in the Vicinity of the Metropolis, t. 54. Ornithoglossum