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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Lachenalia

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Asparagales > Family: Asparagaceae

There are a total of 110 species, all endemic to southern Africa. Previously placed in the family Hyacinthaceae, which has been sunk under the Asparagaceae.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).

Lachenalia alba

 

Lachenalia algoensis

 

Lachenalia aloides

Lachenalia ameliae

Lachenalia angelica

 

Lachenalia anguinea

 

Lachenalia arbuthnotiae

 

Lachenalia attenuata

 

Lachenalia aurioliae

Lachenalia bachmannii

Lachenalia barkeriana

 

Lachenalia bolusii

 

Lachenalia bowkeri

 

Lachenalia buchubergensis

 

Lachenalia bulbifera

Lachenalia campanulata

 

Lachenalia capensis

 

Lachenalia carnosa

Lachenalia cernua

 

Lachenalia comptonii

 

Lachenalia concordiana

 

Lachenalia congesta

Lachenalia contaminata

Lachenalia convallarioides

 

Lachenalia dasybotrya

 

Lachenalia dehoopensis

 

Lachenalia doleritica

 

Lachenalia duncanii

 

Lachenalia elegans

Lachenalia esterhuysenae

 

Lachenalia fistulosa

 

Lachenalia framesii

Lachenalia giessii

 

Lachenalia gillettii

 

Lachenalia glaucophylla

 

Lachenalia haarlemensis

 

Lachenalia hirta

Lachenalia inconspicua

 

Lachenalia isopetala

 

Lachenalia juncifolia

 

Lachenalia karooica

 

Lachenalia klinghardtiana

Lachenalia kliprandensis

Lachenalia lactosa

 

Lachenalia latimerae

 

Lachenalia leipoldtii

 

Lachenalia leomontana

 

Lachenalia liliflora

 

Lachenalia longibracteata

 

Lachenalia lutea

 

Lachenalia lutzeyeri

 

Lachenalia macgregoriorum

 

Lachenalia margaretae

 

Lachenalia marginata

Lachenalia marlothii

 

Lachenalia martinae

 

Lachenalia mathewsii

 

Lachenalia maximiliani

 

Lachenalia mediana

Lachenalia minima

 

Lachenalia moniliformis

 

Lachenalia montana

Lachenalia muirii

Lachenalia multifolia

Lachenalia mutabilis

Lachenalia namaquensis

 

Lachenalia namibiensis

Lachenalia nardousbergensis

 

Lachenalia neilii

 

Lachenalia nervosa

 

Lachenalia nordenstamii

 

Lachenalia nutans

 

Lachenalia obscura

 

Lachenalia orchioides

Lachenalia orthopetala

 

Lachenalia pallida

 

Lachenalia patula

 

Lachenalia pearsonii

[= Scilla pearsonii]

 

Lachenalia peersii

Lachenalia perryae

 

Lachenalia physocaulos

 

Lachenalia polyphylla

 

Lachenalia polypodantha

 

Lachenalia purpureo-caerulea

 

Lachenalia pusilla

 

Lachenalia pustulata

Lachenalia reflexa

Lachenalia rosea

Lachenalia rubida

Lachenalia salteri

 

Lachenalia sargeantii

Lachenalia schelpei

 

Lachenalia splendida

Lachenalia stayneri

 

Lachenalia thomasiae

 

Lachenalia trichophylla

Lachenalia undulata

Lachenalia unicolor

Lachenalia unifolia

Lachenalia valeriae

 

Lachenalia variegata

 

Lachenalia ventricosa

 

Lachenalia verticillata

 

Lachenalia violacea

 

Lachenalia viridiflora

Lachenalia whitehillensis

 

Lachenalia xerophila

 

Lachenalia youngii

 

Lachenalia zebrina

 

Lachenalia zeyheri