Haemanthus namaquensis

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Haemanthus namaquensis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
Genus: Haemanthus
Species:
H. namaquensis
Binomial name
Haemanthus namaquensis
R.A.Dyer (1940)

Haemanthus namaquensis is a perennial flowering plant and geophyte that belongs to the genus Haemanthus and is part of the Succulent Karoo vegetation. [1] The species is native to the Northern Cape and Namibia. It occurs from southern Namibia to Karkams in Namaqualand. There are eight subpopulations in an area of occurrence of 4000 km2, the plant is considered rare. [2]

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