Page 2 - Wildflowers of the Waterberg

MONOCOTYLEDONS
Notes for this draft: Flower parts 3, or in multiples of 3, or very many, with no marked distinction

Family-and species-names between sepals and petals (=sepals); either all sepal-like, or all petal -like;
used in this guide conform leaves often strap-shaped with parallel venation, rarely needle-like
to those given in the on-
line SANBI list of all South
African plant species
(redlist.sanbi.org).

Ovary superior Ovary inferior

GROUP 2 GROUP 3
The (551) species covered Agavaceae Amarillidaceae
in this book are grouped
into their respective Alliaceae Hypoxidaceae
families. The arrangement Araceae Iridaceae
and sequence of families Asparagaceae Orchidaceae
is shown in the coloured Asphodelaceae Velloziaceae
blocks (alongside) Colchicaceae
which is the same as Commelinaceae
the family grouping set Eriocaulaceae
out in Guide to Plant
Families of southern Hyacinthaceae
Africa (Koekemoer, Steyn Ruscaceae
& Bester 2014, Strelitzia Xyridaceae
31). The pages for each
group are identifiable by
the coloured banner at the
top of each page. Group 1
is not included here as it
covers grasses and sedges.

Species in red are red-
listed and/or endemic to
the Waterberg