Family · Monocots
Doryanthaceae
Spear lilies
Single genus Doryanthes of giant Australian rosette herbs with tall spikes of red flowers.
- Accepted species
- 2accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genus
- 1accepted genus · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈12 MaNeogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Australasiamost native species · WGSRPD
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Plants you might know
- Doryanthes excelsa (gymea lily)
- Doryanthes palmeri
Where it grows
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.
Related families
Doryanthaceae sits in the order Asparagales.
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