Massonia
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Massonia is a genus of bulbous perennials in the family
Asparagaceae
, subfamily Scilloideae native to southern Africa. It is named after the Scottish botanist and gardener Francis Masson
.. There are 6 species in this genus: Massonia angustifolia, Massonia depressa, Massonia echinata, Massonia jasminiflora, Massonia pygmaea. It is classed as a cryptophyte
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Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Asparagaceae
Asparagaceae
Asparagaceae is the botanical name of a family of flowering plants, placed in the order Asparagales of the monocots.In earlier classification systems, the species involved were often treated as belonging to the family Liliaceae...
, subfamily Scilloideae native to southern Africa. It is named after the Scottish botanist and gardener Francis Masson
Francis Masson
Francis Masson was a Scottish botanist and gardener, and Kew Gardens’ first plant hunter.Masson was born in Aberdeen. In the 1760s he went to work at Kew Gardens as an under-gardener. Masson was the first plant collector to be sent from Kew by the newly-appointed director Sir Joseph Banks...
.. There are 6 species in this genus: Massonia angustifolia, Massonia depressa, Massonia echinata, Massonia jasminiflora, Massonia pygmaea. It is classed as a cryptophyte
Cryptophyte
Cryptophyte may refer to:*a plant which survives the unfavorable season underground or underwater in the Raunkiær plant life-form classification...
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