Gloriosa Distribution and systematics

Use
The crown of glory is cultivated as an ornamental plant, both as a container plant as well as a cut flower.

They contain colchicine, the same toxin as the autumn crocus, and is therefore highly toxic. Gloriosa is grown for commercial production of colchicine.

Distribution and systematics
This species has a very large range, stretching from Africa to Asia to Australia. As found in such a large area of a certain natural variability of the features is several different species have been described, but which may be as one, that is summarized Gloriosa superba. The genus is not monotypic but, according to recent studies because the species are classified Littonia here.
Source: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruhmeskrone

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