Dipcadi brevifolium is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to Namibia, the Cape Provinces of South Africa, the Mozambique Channel Islands and Madagascar.[1]

Dipcadi brevifolium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Scilloideae
Genus: Dipcadi
Species:
D. brevifolium
Binomial name
Dipcadi brevifolium
(Thunb.) Fourc.[1]

The species was first described, as Hyacinthus brevifolius, by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1794. It was transferred to Dipcadi by Henry Georges Fourcade in 1932.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Dipcadi brevifolium", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2018-01-13