Back Crocosmia Afrikaans زهرة كروكوسميا Arabic كروكوزميا ARZ Crocosmia CEB Montbretia Danish Montbretien German Crocosmia Spanish Ruostekukat Finnish Crocosmia French Feileastram dearg Irish
| Crocosmia | |
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| Crocosmia aurea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Iridaceae |
| Subfamily: | Crocoideae |
| Tribe: | Freesieae |
| Genus: | Crocosmia Planch. |
| Type species | |
| Crocosmia aurea | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Crocosmia (/krəˈkɒzmiə, kroʊ-/[2][3]), also known as montbretia[4] (/mɒnˈbriːʃə/[5]), is a small genus of flowering plants in the iris family, Iridaceae. It is native to the grasslands of southern and eastern Africa, ranging from South Africa to Sudan. One species is endemic to Madagascar.[1]
- ^ a b "Crocosmia Planch". Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families.
- ^ "Crocosmia". Dictionary.com Unabridged (Online). n.d. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
- ^ "Crocosmia". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 2020-03-22.
- ^ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
- ^ "Montbretia". Dictionary.com Unabridged (Online). n.d. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
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