Androcymbium

Androcymbium
Androcymbium melanthioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Colchicaceae
Genus: Androcymbium
Willd.
Synonyms[1]
  • Cymbanthes Salisb.
  • Erythrostictus Schltdl.
  • Plexinium Raf.

Androcymbium is a genus of perennial flowering plants first described as a genus in 1808.[2][3] It is native to Africa, southern Europe, the Middle East, and the Canary Islands. The genus has sometimes been included within Colchicum[4] but at present is recognised as a separate genus.[5]

It contains the following species:[5]

  • Androcymbium albanenseCape Province
  • Androcymbium albomarginatum – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium amphigaripenseNamibia
  • Androcymbium austrocapense – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium bellum – Cape Province, Namibia
  • Androcymbium buchubergense – Namibia
  • Androcymbium burchellii – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium burkeiLesotho, Free State, Mpumalanga, Limpopo
  • Androcymbium capense – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium cedarbergense – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium ciliolatum – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium circinatum – Cape Province, Namibia
  • Androcymbium crenulatum – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium crispum – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium cruciatum – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium cuspidatum – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium decipiensKwaZulu-Natal
  • Androcymbium dregei – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium eghimocymbion – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium etesionamibense – Namibia
  • Androcymbium eucomoides – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium europaeum – S. Spain, N. Morocco
  • Androcymbium exiguum – Cape Province, Namibia
  • Androcymbium gramineumNorth Africa + Sahara
  • Androcymbium greuterocymbium – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium hantamense – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium henssenianum – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium hierrenseEl Hierro in Canary Islands
  • Androcymbium hughocymbion – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium huntleyi – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium irroratum – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium karooparkense – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium knersvlaktense – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium kunkelianum – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium leistneri – Free State, Lesotho, Cape Province
  • Androcymbium longipes – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium melanthioidesZimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa
  • Androcymbium natalense – Free State, KwaZulu-Natal
  • Androcymbium orienticapense – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium palaestinumLibya, Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
  • Androcymbium poeltianum – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium praeirroratum – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium psammophilumLanzarote + Fuerteventura in Canary Islands
  • Androcymbium rechingeriLibya, Crete, Elaphonisos
  • Androcymbium roseumAngola, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa
  • Androcymbium scabromarginatum – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium schimperianumEthiopia, Somalia, Yemen
  • Androcymbium stirtoniiKwaZulu-Natal
  • Androcymbium striatum – from Eritrea to Cape Province
  • Androcymbium swazicumMpumalanga, Swaziland
  • Androcymbium undulatum – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium vanjaarsveldii – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium villosum – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium volutare – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium walteri – Cape Province
  • Androcymbium worsonense – Cape Province

References

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  1. "WCSP". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  2. Willdenow, Carl Ludwig von. 1808. Der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin Magazin für die neuesten Entdeckungen in der Gesammten Naturkunde 2: 21
  3. Tropicos, Androcymbium Willd.
  4. Manning, Forest & Vinnersten (2007) The genus Colchicum L. redefined to include Androcymbium Willd. based on molecular evidence. Taxon 56: 872-882.
  5. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Androcymbium


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