South Africa is extraordinarily rich in geophytes, belonging to a bewildering array of families and genera.
However, these exclude two families of geophytes important in California, where the climates are similar to those of Western Cape province.
I refer to Liliaceae and Melanthiaceae.
Liliaceae
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=14&taxon_id=47328&view=species
Calochortus
tunicated bulbs (some spp. lack bulbs)
Calochortus catalinae https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/64411-Calochortus-catalinae
chaparral
Fritillaria
bulb of one or more fleshy scales, with or without rice-grain bulblets
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=14&taxon_id=50619&view=species
Fritillaria biflora https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/56793-Fritillaria-biflora
bulb 1.5-2 cm diam., of a few fleshy scales
Fritillaria affinis https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/56793-Fritillaria-biflora
bulb of a few scales, and many 'rice-grain' bulblets
Lilium
scaly bulbs or scaly rootstocks
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=14&taxon_id=48928&view=species
Lilium humboldtii https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/59575-Lilium-humboldtii
bulbs ovoid, oblique 0.5-1.5 cm long
Melanthiaceae
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=14&taxon_id=49464&view=species
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=14&taxon_id=49650&view=species
Toxicoscordion fremontii https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49649-Toxicoscordion-fremontii
bulb 3-6 cm long
chaparral
Toxicoscordion venenosum https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/59087-Toxicoscordion-venenosum
tunicated bulb
תגובות
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-662-03543-6_13
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alstroemeriaceae
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