Hypoxis
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Hypoxis is a genus
of plant belonging to the Hypoxidaceae
family. The seeds are needed to identify many species.
Species include:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of plant belonging to the Hypoxidaceae
Hypoxidaceae
Hypoxidaceae is the botanical name of a family of flowering plants, placed in the order Asparagales of the monocots.The family has only recently been recognized by taxonomists. The APG III system of 2009 does recognize this family...
family. The seeds are needed to identify many species.
Species include:
- Hypoxis arillacea R.J.F.Hend.
- Hypoxis exilis R.J.F.Hend. - Swamp Star
- Hypoxis gardneri R.J.F.Hend.
- Hypoxis glabella R.Br. - Star Grass, Tiny Star
- Hypoxis hirsutaHypoxis hirsutaHypoxis hirsuta is an ornamental plant native to the United States and Canada in the Hypoxidaceae family. Sometimes this plant is placed in the Amaryllidaceae family or the Liliaceae family.-External links:****...
- Common goldstar - Hypoxis hemerocallideaHypoxis hemerocallideaHypoxis hemerocallidea is a medicinal plant native to South Africa in the Hypoxidaceae family. This plant is the best known member of this genus.-Medicinal uses:...
syn. Hypoxis rooperi - African potato - Hypoxis hygrometrica Labill. - Golden Weather-glass
- Hypoxis marginata R.Br.
- Hypoxis nervosa R.J.F.Hend.
- Hypoxis occidentalis Benth.
- Hypoxis pratensis R.Br.
- Hypoxis salina M.Lyons & Keighery
- Hypoxis vaginata Schltdl. - Yellow Star