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Ammocharis
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Ammocharis

Ammocharis is a small genus from sub-Saharan Africa, in the Amaryllidaceae family (subfamily Amaryllidoideae) which includes seven species distributed in Africa. The plant grows as a succulent, above-ground bulb, preferring seasonally wet, hot, sandy soils and full sun.

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Ground lily

speciesAmmocharis coranica

Malgas Lily

speciesAmmocharis longifolia

Ammocharis tinneana

speciesAmmocharis tinneana

Ammocharis deserticola

speciesAmmocharis deserticola

Ammocharis baumii

speciesAmmocharis baumii

Ammocharis nerinoides

speciesAmmocharis nerinoides

Ammocharis angolensis

speciesAmmocharis angolensis

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Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 338773.