List of Hyacinthaceae of South Africa

Hyacinthaceae is a family of bulbous monocotyledenous flowering plants (anthophytes) in the order Asparagales. Named after the genus Hyacinthus, Hyacinthaceae include many garden plants and are distributed mostly in Mediterranean climates, including South Africa, Central Asia and South America. Their flowers have six tepals and six stamens with a superior ovary, which previously placed them within the lily family (Liliaceae), and their leaves are fleshy, mucilaginous, and arranged in a basal rosette.

23,420 species of vascular plant have been recorded in South Africa, making it the sixth most species-rich country in the world and the most species-rich country on the African continent. Of these, 153 species are considered to be threatened.[1] Nine biomes have been described in South Africa: Fynbos, Succulent Karoo, desert, Nama Karoo, grassland, savanna, Albany thickets, the Indian Ocean coastal belt, and forests.[2]

The 2018 South African National Biodiversity Institute's National Biodiversity Assessment plant checklist lists 35,130 taxa in the phyla Anthocerotophyta (hornworts (6)), Anthophyta (flowering plants (33534)), Bryophyta (mosses (685)), Cycadophyta (cycads (42)), Lycopodiophyta (Lycophytes(45)), Marchantiophyta (liverworts (376)), Pinophyta (conifers (33)), and Pteridophyta (cryptogams (408)).[3]

43 genera are represented in the literature. Listed taxa include species, subspecies, varieties, and forms as recorded, some of which have subsequently been allocated to other taxa as synonyms, in which cases the accepted taxon is appended to the listing.[3] Multiple entries under alternative names reflect taxonomic revision over time.

Albuca

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Genus Albuca:[3]

Amphisiphon

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Genus Amphisiphon:[3]

Baeoterpe

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Genus Baeoterpe:[3]

Boweia

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Genus Bowiea:[3]

  • Bowiea gariepensis Van Jaarsv. accepted as Bowiea volubilis Harv. ex Hook.f. subsp. gariepensis (Van Jaarsv.) Bruyns
  • Bowiea volubilis Harv. ex Hook.f. indigenous
    • Bowiea volubilis Harv. ex Hook.f. subsp. gariepensis (Van Jaarsv.) Bruyns, indigenous
    • Bowiea volubilis Harv. ex Hook.f. subsp. volubilis, indigenous

Brachyscypha

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Genus Brachyscypha:[3]

Coelanthus

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Genus Coelanthus:[3]

Daubenya

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Genus Daubenya:[3]

Desertia

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Genus Desertia:[3]

Dipcadi

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Genus Dipcadi:[3]

Drimia

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Genus Drimia:[3]

Drimiopsis

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Genus Drimiopsis:[3]

Eliokarmos

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Genus Eliokarmos:[3]

Elsiea

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Genus Elsiea:[3]

Ethesia

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Genus Ethesia:[3]

Eucomis

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Genus Eucomis:[3]

Galtonia

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Genus Galtonia:[3]

Hyacinthus

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Genus Hyacinthus:[3]

Lachenalia

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Genus Lachenalia:[3]

Ledebouria

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Genus Ledebouria:[3]

Lindneria

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Genus Lindneria:[3]

Litanthus

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Genus Litanthus:[3]

Massonia

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Genus Massonia:[3]

Merwilla

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Genus Merwilla:[3]

Nicipe

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Genus Nicipe:[3]

Ornithogalum

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Genus Ornithogalum:[3]

Periboea

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Genus Periboea:[3]

Polyanthes

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Genus Polyanthes:[3]

Polyxena

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Genus Polyxena:[3]

Pseudogaltonia

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Genus Pseudogaltonia:[3]

Pseudoprospero

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Genus Pseudoprospero:[3]

  • Pseudoprospero firmifolium (Baker) Speta, endemic
    • Pseudoprospero firmifolium (Baker) Speta subsp. firmifolium, endemic
    • Pseudoprospero firmifolium (Baker) Speta subsp. natalensis J.C.Manning, endemic

Resnova

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Genus Resnova:[3]

Rhadamanthus

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Genus Rhadamanthus:[3]

Schizobasis

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Genus Schizobasis:[3]

Schizocarphus

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Genus Schizocarphus:[3]

Scilla

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Genus Scilla:[3]

Spetaea

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Genus Spetaea:[3]

Stellarioides

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Genus Stellarioides:[3]

Tenicroa

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Genus Tenicroa:[3]

Thuranthos

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Genus Thuranthos:[3]

Trimelopter

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Genus Trimelopter:[3]

Urginea

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Genus Urginea:[3]

Veltheimia

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Genus Veltheimia[3]

Whiteheadia

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Genus Whiteheadia:[3]

References

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  1. ^ Butler, Rhett A. (1 July 2019). "Total number of plant species by country". Mongabay. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Vegetation of South Africa". PlantZAfrica.com. SA National Biodiversity Institute. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as "species_checklist_20180710.csv". South African National Biodiversity Institute. Retrieved 27 September 2020.