Hemimeris

{{short description|Genus of Scrophulariaceae plants}}

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Hemimeris is a genus of flowering plants in the family Scrophulariaceae, native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa. They secrete oils to attract specialized oil-collecting bees from the genus Rediviva.{{Cite journal|jstor = 2097136|title = The Ecology of Oil Flowers and their Bees|last1 = Buchmann|first1 = Stephen L.|journal = Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics|year = 1987|volume = 18|pages = 343–369|doi = 10.1146/annurev.es.18.110187.002015}}

Species

{{As of|2020|09}}, the following species were accepted:{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331652-2 |title=Hemimeris L.f. |author= |date=2017 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=25 September 2020 }}

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