- Ornithogalum thyrsoides
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Ornithogalum thyrsoides 
Scientific classification 
Kingdom: Plantae clade: Angiosperms clade: Monocots Order: Asparagales Family: Asparagaceae Subfamily: Scilloideae Genus: Ornithogalum Species: O. thyrsoides Binomial name Ornithogalum thyrsoides
Jacq.Ornithogalum thyrsoides[1] is a plant species that is endemic to the Cape Province in South Africa. It is also known by the common names of chinkerinchee, star-of-Bethlehem or wonder-flower. [2]
References
- ^ Thyrsoides: with a flowering spike like a Bacchic thyrsus.
- ^ "Taxon: Ornithogalum thyrsoides Jacq.". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?26013. Retrieved 2008-05-06.
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