Merwilla
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| Merwilla | |
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| Merwilla plumbea | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Scilloideae |
| Genus: | Merwilla Speta[1] |
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Merwilla is a genus of bulbous flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae (also treated as the family Hyacinthaceae).[2] It is distributed in southern Africa, from Zimbabwe to South Africa.[1] This genus is named after the botanist Frederick Ziervogel Van der Merwe (1894–1968), who worked on this group.[3][4]