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Black Spikelily
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Black Spikelily

Wurmbea recurva

Wurmbea recurva is a tuberous plant in the family Colchicaceae, native to the south-west Cape Province, South Africa.

It was first described by the Swedish botanist Rune Bertil Nordenstam in 1986.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 596312.