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Accession Data:

Xerophyta viscosa Baker

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Velloziaceae Endl.

  • Country of Origin: South Africa

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201500078
  • Source: Silverhill Seeds
  • Accession Date: 06-06-2015
  • Bench: 2113 - MED:Fynbos E
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 03-02-2023

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: monocots
  • Order: Pandanales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Velloziaceae
  • SubFamily: Vellozioideae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017

References (internal):

  • Poikilohydric
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Cape Provinces / Lesotho / KwaZulu-Natal / Free State / Swaziland

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Saturday, January 28, 2017.
  2. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Saturday, January 28, 2017.

data regenerated on Thu, 02 Mar 2023 13:45:02 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Velloziaceae

Subfamily Vellozioideae

  • Barbacenia celiae
  • Barbacenia purpurea
  • Xerophyta elegans
  • Xerophyta retinervis
  • Xerophyta viscosa
W/C = Wild Collected
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= accession added within past 90 days
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