Boophone haemanthoides
| Boophone haemanthoides | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Amaryllidoideae |
| Genus: | Boophone |
| Species: | B. haemanthoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Boophone haemanthoides F.M. Leighton | |
Boophone haemanthoides is a plant species native to Namibia and the Cape Provinces of South Africa.[1] It is a bulb-forming herb with more than half of its scaly bulb appearing above ground. It produces a rather large umbel of pink flowers with narrow tepals.[2][3]
References
- ↑ "Boophone haemanthoides", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2015-08-10
- ↑ Leighton, Frances Margaret. Journal of South African Botany 13: 59. 1947
- ↑ Plantz Africa, Boophone haemanthoides
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