Homeria

A South African plant genus of the family Iridaceae; contains bufadienolide cardiac glycosides which cause diarrhea, dysentery, tympany, stiff gait and sudden death. Includes H. flaccida (H. aurantica, H. breynia, H. collina), H. glauca (H. natalensis), H. miniata, H. mossii, H. ochroleuca (H. lucasi), H. pallida, H. pura. Called also native tulip, Cape tulip, Natal yellow tulip.

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Cape tulips
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Iridaceae
Genus:	Homeria Vent.
Species
See text.

Homeria, commonly known as Cape tulips, is a genus of the botanical family Iridaceae, which has 32 species of corm-bearing perennial herbs. In addition, these plants are used as ornamental plants. In the early 19th century, this genus was recognized as a single species of tulip, Tulipa breyniana[1]. Currently, this genus is considered a synonym of Moraea.^[1]

References

1. ^ Goldblatt, P. Reduction of Bernardiella, Galaxia, Gynandriris, Hexaglottis, Homeria, and Roggeveldia in Moraea (Iridaceae: Irideae). Novon, Vol. 8, No. 4 (1998), pp. 371-377

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