What is "androcymbium"

Androcymbium is a genus of perennial flowering plants first described as a genus in 1808. It is native to Africa, southern Europe, the Middle East, and the Canary Islands. The genus has sometimes been included within Colchicum but at present is recognised as a separate genus.

It contains the following species:

• Androcymbium albanense – Cape Province
• Androcymbium albomarginatum – Cape Province
• Androcymbium amphigaripense – Namibia
• Androcymbium austrocapense – Cape Province
• Androcymbium bellum – Cape Province, Namibia
• Androcymbium buchubergense – Namibia
• Androcymbium burchellii – Cape Province
• Androcymbium burkei – Lesotho, Free State, Mpumalanga, Limpopo
• Androcymbium capense – Cape Province
• Androcymbium cedarbergense – Cape Province
• Androcymbium ciliolatum – Cape Province
• Androcymbium circinatum – Cape Province, Namibia
• Androcymbium crenulatum – Cape Province
• Androcymbium crispum – Cape Province
• Androcymbium cruciatum – Cape Province
• Androcymbium cuspidatum – Cape Province
• Androcymbium decipiens – KwaZulu-Natal
• Androcymbium dregei – Cape Province
• Androcymbium eghimocymbion – Cape Province
• Androcymbium etesionamibense – Namibia
• Androcymbium eucomoides – Cape Province
• Androcymbium europaeum – S. Spain, N. Morocco
• Androcymbium exiguum – Cape Province, Namibia
• Androcymbium gramineum – North Africa + Sahara
• Androcymbium greuterocymbium – Cape Province
• Androcymbium hantamense – Cape Province
• Androcymbium henssenianum – Cape Province
• Androcymbium hierrense – El Hierro in Canary Islands
• Androcymbium hughocymbion – Cape Province
• Androcymbium huntleyi – Cape Province
• Androcymbium irroratum – Cape Province
• Androcymbium karooparkense – Cape Province
• Androcymbium knersvlaktense – Cape Province
• Androcymbium kunkelianum – Cape Province
• Androcymbium leistneri – Free State, Lesotho, Cape Province
• Androcymbium longipes – Cape Province
• Androcymbium melanthioides – Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa
• Androcymbium natalense – Free State, KwaZulu-Natal
• Androcymbium orienticapense – Cape Province
• Androcymbium palaestinum – Libya, Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
• Androcymbium poeltianum – Cape Province
• Androcymbium praeirroratum – Cape Province
• Androcymbium psammophilum – Lanzarote + Fuerteventura in Canary Islands
• Androcymbium rechingeri – Libya, Crete, Elaphonisos
• Androcymbium roseum – Angola, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa
• Androcymbium scabromarginatum – Cape Province
• Androcymbium schimperianum – Ethiopia, Somalia, Yemen
• Androcymbium stirtonii – KwaZulu-Natal
• Androcymbium striatum – from Eritrea to Cape Province
• Androcymbium swazicum – Mpumalanga, Swaziland
• Androcymbium undulatum – Cape Province
• Androcymbium vanjaarsveldii – Cape Province
• Androcymbium villosum – Cape Province
• Androcymbium volutare – Cape Province
• Androcymbium walteri – Cape Province
• Androcymbium worsonense – Cape Province