• Orchidaceae is a family of flowering plants (anthophytes) in the order Asparagales . 23,420 species of vascular plant have been recorded in South Africa...
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  • Hyacinthaceae Hypoxidaceae Iridaceae Lanariaceae Orchidaceae Ruscaceae Tecophilaeaceae List of Asterales of South Africa – Order: Asterales, Five families are represented:...
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    The taxonomy of the Orchidaceae (orchid family) has evolved slowly during the last 250 years, starting with Carl Linnaeus who in 1753 recognized eight...
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    Cypripedioideae (category Provincial symbols of Prince Edward Island)
    families of the monocotyledons. Springer Verlag, Berlin. K. W. Dixon, S. P. Kell, R. L. Barrett and P. J. Cribb (eds) 2003. "DNA Data and Orchidaceae Systematics:...
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  • most families of the Asparagales (although not in Orchidaceae, thought to be the sister-group of the rest of the order). The leaves of almost all species...
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    Terry (2006). "Orchidaceae". In: Wild Flowers of the Table Mountain National Park. Kirstenbosch, Claremont: Botanical Society of South Africa. pp. 104–105...
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    Description of a new species within the Satyrium longicauda (Orchidaceae) complex from South Africa, based on integrative taxonomy. South African Journal of Botany...
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  • in over 1,900 genera (list) in 13 subfamilies. In terms of numbers of species, the Asteraceae are rivaled only by the Orchidaceae. Nearly all Asteraceae...
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    Disa uniflora (category Endemic orchids of South Africa)
    pride of Table Mountain, is a South African species of orchid in the family Orchidaceae. It is the type species of the genus Disa, and one of its best-known...
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  • Poaceae is the fifth-largest plant family, following the Asteraceae, Orchidaceae, Fabaceae and Rubiaceae. The Poaceae are the most economically important...
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