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Strelitzia juncea

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Zingiberales > Family: Strelitziaceae > Genus: Strelitzia

Strelitzia juncea Strelitzia juncea

The rare and threatened Crane flower, Strelitzia juncea, flowering in spring on Coegakop near Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Strelitzia juncea under cultivation in the Company Gardens, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]

Distribution and habitat

Natural distribution is from Humansdorp to Uitenhage in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Cultivated widely in gardens.

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