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Empodium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Hypoxidaceae, first described in 1866.[2] It grows from a small corm which produces lance-shaped or pleated and sometimes hairy, star-shaped flowers and leaves with 10–30 centimetres (4–12 in) long in Autumn season. The genus is native to winter-rainfall areas in South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho, and Namibia.[1][3]

Species[1]

1. Empodium elongatum (Nel) B.L.Burtt - Lesotho, Swaziland, Lesotho
2. Empodium flexile (Nel) M.F.Thomps. ex Snijman - Cape Province
3. Empodium gloriosum (Nel) B.L.Burtt - Cape Province
4. Empodium monophyllum (Nel) B.L.Burtt - KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland
5. Empodium namaquensis (Baker) M.F.Thomps. - Cape Province
6. Empodium plicatum (Thunb.) Garside - Cape Province
7. Empodium veratrifolium (Willd.) M.F.Thomps. - Cape Province

Empodium
Empodium plicatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Hypoxidaceae
Genus:	Empodium Salisb.
Synonyms[1]
Fabricia Thunb. 1779, illegitimate, not Adans. 1763 nor Scop. 1777 Forbesia Eckl. ex Nel

References

External links

• Wisley Alpine Log

На других языках

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Empodium es un género de plantas perteneciente a la familia de las hipoxidáceas. Incluye 7 especies perennes, herbáceas, tuberosas o rizomatosas, que se distribuyen por Sudáfrica. Comprende 13 especies descritas y de estas, solo 7 aceptadas.[2]

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