Family · Monocots

Xeronemataceae

Poor Knights lily

Single genus Xeronema of rock-dwelling herbs from New Zealand and New Caledonia with one-sided red flower brushes.

Accepted species

2accepted names · Kew WCVP

Genus

1accepted genus · Kew WCVP

Origin

≈74 MaCretaceous · stem age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree

Centre of diversity

Australasiamost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

• Xeronema callistemon

Its genus

• Xeronema2 spp.

Where it grows

• Australasia1
• Pacific1

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

Related families

Xeronemataceae sits in the order Asparagales.

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