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Rhodohypoxis
''Rhodohypoxis'' is a small genus of tuberous flowering plants in the family Hypoxidaceae, native to southern Africa ( South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini). The small flowers, no more than high, are constructed so that their centres are not visible. Some species are in cultivation. Description and distribution ''Rhodohypoxis'' species grow from small tubers. They flower in the summer and die down in the winter. When in flower, they are typically tall. The flowers are white, pink or red; the bases of the tepals bend inwards, so that the stamens and ovary are not visible. ''Rhodohypoxis'' species are found in the eastern part of southern Africa, particularly in the Drakensberg mountains in the province of KwaZulu-Natal and Lesotho. This is a region of summer rainfall with relatively dry winters., pp. 145–146 ;Species # '' Rhodohypoxis baurii'' (Baker) Nel - South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini # '' Rhodohypoxis deflexa'' Hilliard & B.L.Burtt - Cape Province, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhodohypoxis Rubella
''Rhodohypoxis'' is a small genus of tuberous flowering plants in the family Hypoxidaceae, native to southern Africa ( South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini). The small flowers, no more than high, are constructed so that their centres are not visible. Some species are in cultivation. Description and distribution ''Rhodohypoxis'' species grow from small tubers. They flower in the summer and die down in the winter. When in flower, they are typically tall. The flowers are white, pink or red; the bases of the tepals bend inwards, so that the stamens and ovary are not visible. ''Rhodohypoxis'' species are found in the eastern part of southern Africa, particularly in the Drakensberg mountains in the province of KwaZulu-Natal and Lesotho. This is a region of summer rainfall with relatively dry winters., pp. 145–146 ;Species # '' Rhodohypoxis baurii'' (Baker) Nel - South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini # '' Rhodohypoxis deflexa'' Hilliard & B.L.Burtt - Cape Province, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhodohypoxis Thodiana
''Rhodohypoxis'' is a small genus of tuberous flowering plants in the family Hypoxidaceae, native to southern Africa ( South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini). The small flowers, no more than high, are constructed so that their centres are not visible. Some species are in cultivation. Description and distribution ''Rhodohypoxis'' species grow from small tubers. They flower in the summer and die down in the winter. When in flower, they are typically tall. The flowers are white, pink or red; the bases of the tepals bend inwards, so that the stamens and ovary are not visible. ''Rhodohypoxis'' species are found in the eastern part of southern Africa, particularly in the Drakensberg mountains in the province of KwaZulu-Natal and Lesotho. This is a region of summer rainfall with relatively dry winters., pp. 145–146 ;Species # '' Rhodohypoxis baurii'' (Baker) Nel - South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini # '' Rhodohypoxis deflexa'' Hilliard & B.L.Burtt - Cape Province, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhodohypoxis Milloides
''Rhodohypoxis'' is a small genus of tuberous flowering plants in the family Hypoxidaceae, native to southern Africa ( South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini). The small flowers, no more than high, are constructed so that their centres are not visible. Some species are in cultivation. Description and distribution ''Rhodohypoxis'' species grow from small tubers. They flower in the summer and die down in the winter. When in flower, they are typically tall. The flowers are white, pink or red; the bases of the tepals bend inwards, so that the stamens and ovary are not visible. ''Rhodohypoxis'' species are found in the eastern part of southern Africa, particularly in the Drakensberg mountains in the province of KwaZulu-Natal and Lesotho. This is a region of summer rainfall with relatively dry winters., pp. 145–146 ;Species # '' Rhodohypoxis baurii'' (Baker) Nel - South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini # '' Rhodohypoxis deflexa'' Hilliard & B.L.Burtt - Cape Province, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhodohypoxis Incompta
''Rhodohypoxis'' is a small genus of tuberous flowering plants in the family Hypoxidaceae, native to southern Africa ( South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini). The small flowers, no more than high, are constructed so that their centres are not visible. Some species are in cultivation. Description and distribution ''Rhodohypoxis'' species grow from small tubers. They flower in the summer and die down in the winter. When in flower, they are typically tall. The flowers are white, pink or red; the bases of the tepals bend inwards, so that the stamens and ovary are not visible. ''Rhodohypoxis'' species are found in the eastern part of southern Africa, particularly in the Drakensberg mountains in the province of KwaZulu-Natal and Lesotho. This is a region of summer rainfall with relatively dry winters., pp. 145–146 ;Species # '' Rhodohypoxis baurii'' (Baker) Nel - South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini # '' Rhodohypoxis deflexa'' Hilliard & B.L.Burtt - Cape Province, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhodohypoxis Deflexa
''Rhodohypoxis'' is a small genus of tuberous flowering plants in the family Hypoxidaceae, native to southern Africa ( South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini). The small flowers, no more than high, are constructed so that their centres are not visible. Some species are in cultivation. Description and distribution ''Rhodohypoxis'' species grow from small tubers. They flower in the summer and die down in the winter. When in flower, they are typically tall. The flowers are white, pink or red; the bases of the tepals bend inwards, so that the stamens and ovary are not visible. ''Rhodohypoxis'' species are found in the eastern part of southern Africa, particularly in the Drakensberg mountains in the province of KwaZulu-Natal and Lesotho. This is a region of summer rainfall with relatively dry winters., pp. 145–146 ;Species # '' Rhodohypoxis baurii'' (Baker) Nel - South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini # '' Rhodohypoxis deflexa'' Hilliard & B.L.Burtt - Cape Province, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhodohypoxis Baurii
''Rhodohypoxis baurii'', the red star or rosy posy, is a species of flowering plant in the family Hypoxidae that is native to damp meadows in eastern South Africa.Hogan, Sean, chief consultant. 2003, 2004. "Flora A Gardener's Encyclopedia", Global Nook Publishing Pty Ltd, Timber Press. . pp. 1202Brickell, Christopher "The Royal Horticultural Society A-Z of Garden Plants", 3rd ed. Copyright 1996, 2003, 2008 Dorling Kindersley Ltd., London. pp. 901 Growing to no more than tall and broad, it is a herbaceous perennial with lanceolate, sharply folded, hairy grey-green leaves, and pale or deep pink star-shaped flowers throughout summer. The upturned flowers are held on slender, short straight stalks. The tepals are of equal length and held alternately in two ranks. The specific epithet ''baurii'' is named for Reverend L. R. Baur (1825-1889), who collected ''Rhodohypoxis'' in South Africa.Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. (hardback), (p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hypoxidaceae
Hypoxidaceae is a family of flowering plants, placed in the order Asparagales of the monocots. The APG IV system of 2016 (unchanged from the 1998, 2003, and 2009 versions) recognizes this family. The family consists of four genera totalling some 160 species. The members of the family are small to medium herbs, with grass-like leaves and an invisible stem, modified into a corm or a rhizome. The flowers are born on leafless shoots, also called scapes. The flowers are trimerous, radially symmetric. The ovary is inferior, developing into a capsule or a berry. Uses Curculin is a taste modifying sweet protein that was discovered and from the fruit of a plant in this family (''Curculigo latifolia ''Curculigo'' is a flowering plant genus in the family Hypoxidaceae, first described in 1788. It is widespread across tropical regions of Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Americas. Curculin is a sweet protein that was discovered and isolated in ...''). Consuming it causes water to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family (taxonomy), family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. ''Panthera leo'' (lion) and ''Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus ''Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomy (biology), taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal (, also referred to as KZN and known as "the garden province") is a province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu ("Place of the Zulu" in Zulu) and Natal Province were merged. It is located in the southeast of the country, with a long shoreline on the Indian Ocean and sharing borders with three other provinces and the countries of Mozambique, Eswatini and Lesotho. Its capital is Pietermaritzburg, and its largest city is Durban. It is the second-most populous province in South Africa, with slightly fewer residents than Gauteng. Two areas in KwaZulu-Natal have been declared UNESCO World Heritage Sites: the iSimangaliso Wetland Park and the uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park. These areas are extremely scenic as well as important to the surrounding ecosystems. During the 1830s and early 1840s, the northern part of what is now KwaZulu-Natal was established as the Zulu Kingdom while the southern part was, briefly, the Boer Natalia Repu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hypoxis
''Hypoxis'' is a genus of flowering plants of the family Hypoxidaceae. The genus has an " almost cosmopolitan" distribution, occurring in Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Australia.Singh, Y. (Natal Herbarium, Durban)''Hypoxis''.PlantZAfrica.com: South African National Biodiversity Institute. 2004. Europe lacks native species.''Hypoxis''. Flora of China. Most species are in the Southern Hemisphere, especially in southern Africa.''Hypoxis''. Flora of North America. Common names for the genus include star-grass, star lily, yellow stars, African potato, and stars. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cultivar
A cultivar is a type of cultivated plant that people have selected for desired traits and when propagated retain those traits. Methods used to propagate cultivars include: division, root and stem cuttings, offsets, grafting, tissue culture, or carefully controlled seed production. Most cultivars arise from purposeful human manipulation, but some originate from wild plants that have distinctive characteristics. Cultivar names are chosen according to rules of the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP), and not all cultivated plants qualify as cultivars. Horticulturists generally believe the word ''cultivar''''Cultivar'' () has two meanings, as explained in ''Formal definition'': it is a classification category and a taxonomic unit within the category. When referring to a taxon, the word does not apply to an individual plant but to all plants that share the unique characteristics that define the cultivar. was coined as a term meaning "cultivated variety ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drakensberg
The Drakensberg (Afrikaans: Drakensberge, Zulu: uKhahlambha, Sotho: Maluti) is the eastern portion of the Great Escarpment, which encloses the central Southern African plateau. The Great Escarpment reaches its greatest elevation – within the border region of South Africa and Lesotho. The Drakensberg escarpment stretches for more than from the Eastern Cape Province in the South, then successively forms, in order from south to north, the border between Lesotho and the Eastern Cape and the border between Lesotho and KwaZulu-Natal Province. Thereafter it forms the border between KwaZulu-Natal and the Free State, and next as the border between KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga Province. The escarpment winds north from there, through Mpumalanga, where it includes features such as the Blyde River Canyon, Three Rondavels, and God's Window. It then extends farther north to Hoedspruit in southeastern Limpopo where it is known as 'Klein Drakensberg' by the Afrikaner. From Hoedspruit i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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