Summary ²

Wachendorfia, known as red root, is a genus of cormous perennials endemic to Cape Province in South Africa. It was first described as a genus in 1757. The genus was named in honour of Evert Jacob van Wachendorff (1703-1758), Dutch professor of botany and chemistry at Utrecht.

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1. (c) Andrew Massyn, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Andrew Massyn
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wachendorfia

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