Family · Monocots

Blandfordiaceae

Christmas bells

Single genus Blandfordia of eastern Australian herbs with pendulous red-and-yellow tubular flowers.

Accepted species

4accepted names · Kew WCVP

Genus

1accepted genus · Kew WCVP

Origin

≈8 MaNeogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree

Centre of diversity

Australasiamost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

• Blandfordia

Its genus

• Blandfordia4 spp.

Where it grows

• Australasia4

Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.

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Blandfordiaceae sits in the order Asparagales.

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