Empodium
Empodium plicatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Hypoxidaceae
Genus:	Empodium Salisb.
Synonyms[1]
FabriciaThunb. 1779, illegitimate, not Adans. 1763 nor Scop. 1777 ForbesiaEckl. ex Nel

Empodium is a genus offlowering plants in the familyHypoxidaceae, first described in 1866.^[2] It grows from a smallcorm which produces lance-shaped or pleated and sometimes hairy, star-shaped flowers and leaves with 10–30 centimetres (4–12 in) long in Autumn season. The genus is native to winter-rainfall areas inSouth Africa,Eswatini,Lesotho, andNamibia.^[1][3]

Species^[1]

1. Empodium elongatum(Nel) B.L.Burtt – Lesotho, Eswatini, Lesotho
2. Empodium flexile(Nel) M.F.Thomps. ex Snijman –Cape Province
3. Empodium gloriosum(Nel) B.L.Burtt – Cape Province
4. Empodium monophyllum(Nel) B.L.Burtt –KwaZulu-Natal, Eswatini
5. Empodium namaquensis(Baker) M.F.Thomps. – Cape Province
6. Empodium plicatum(Thunb.) Garside – Cape Province
7. Empodium veratrifolium(Willd.) M.F.Thomps. – Cape Province

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