Chortolirion

Chortolirion
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Xanthorrhoeaceae
Subfamily: Asphodeloideae
Genus: Chortolirion
A.Berger [1]
Type species
Chortolirion angolense
(Baker) A.Berger[2]

Chortolirion is a genus of perennial plants in the family Xanthorrhoeaceae, first described as a genus in 1908. It is native to Southern Africa.[1][3][4]

Species[1]
  1. Chortolirion angolense (Baker) A.Berger - Huíla Plateau in Angola
  2. Chortolirion latifolium Zonn. & G.P.J.Fritz - Free State + Gauteng in South Africa
  3. Chortolirion subspicatum (Baker) A.Berger - Botswana, Namibia, Swaziland, Lesotho, South Africa
  4. Chortolirion tenuifolium (Engl.) A.Berger - Zimbabwe, Namibia, northeastern South Africa


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. lectotype designated by Phillips, E. P. 1951. Gen. S. Afr. Fl. Pl. (ed. 2) 187.
  3. Zonneveld, B.J.M. & Fritz, G.P.J. (2010). Three species accepted in Chortolirion Berger (Xanthorrhoeaceae: Asphodeloideae). Bradleya. Yearbook of the British Cactus and Succulent Society 28: 27-36.
  4. Fritz, G. (2012). Review of the three species accepted in Chortolirion A.Berger (Xanthorrhoeaceae: Asphodeloideae). Aloe 49: 4-9.

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