Genus: Dierama (hairbells) Life
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> Family: Iridaceae
The 44 species are found mainly in the summer rainfall
region of eastern southern Africa, but the overall distribution extends from
Knysna in the Western Cape, South Africa, to Ethiopia. Thirty-nine species
are native to southern Africa.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI),
Flora of
Zimbabwe and
Flora of
Mozambique.
The flowers are pollinated by bees (Goldblatt and Manning
2000).
Publications (by date)
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Hilliard, O.M., Burtt, B.L., & Batten, A.
1991. Dierama, Hairbells of Africa. Acorn Press, Johannesburg.
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Goldblatt, P. & Manning, J.C. 2000.
Iridaceae. In: In: Seed Plants of
Southern Africa (ed. O.A. Leistner). Strelitzia 10: 623-638.
National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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