Hyacinthaceae
Ledebouria ovatifolia (Baker) Jessop subsp. ovatifolia
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Common names: flat-leaved African hyacinth (Eng.); icubudwana (isiZulu); untanganazibomvu (isiXhosa)
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Sagittanthera mzimvubuensis (Van Jaarsv.) Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo, A.P.Dold & Van Jaarsv.
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Common names: Mzimvubu-ruby (Eng.); kransrobyn (Afr.)
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Ledebouria petiolata J.C.Manning & Goldblatt ( = Drimiopsis maculata Lindl. & Paxton)
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Common names: leopard lily, little white soldiers, small snake lily (Eng.), injobo, ucibicibane (isiZulu)
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Galtonia candicans (Baker) Decne.
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Common names: berg lily, summer hyacinth, Cape hyacinth (Eng.); berglelie, Kaapse hiasint (Afr.); isidwa esimhlope (Zulu)
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Schizocarphus nervosus (Burch.) Van der Merwe ( = Scilla nervosa (Burch.) Jessop)
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Common names: white scilla, white wild squill (Eng.); sandlelie (Afr.); seboka (Sesotho); imbita-yebantwana, ndvwendvweni (siSwati); sabantwana, umagaqana, inkwitelu, (Xhosa); ingcino, ingcolo, umgcinywana, imbizankulu ingema (Zulu)
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Eucomis bicolor Baker
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Common names: forest pineapple flower, variegated pineapple flower (Eng.); bontpynappelblom, bospynappellelie (Afr.); imbola, umbola (isiZulu); khampumpu-ya-thaba (Southern Sotho)
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Drimia filifolia (Jacq.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
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Common names: thread-leaf drimia (Eng.); gifbol (Afr.)
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Eucomis humilis Baker
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Common names: dwarf pineapple flower (Eng.); beskeie berglelie (Afr.)
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Veltheimia bracteata Harv. ex Bak.
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Common names: forest lily, forest sand-lily, winter red hot poker (Eng.); sandui, sandlelie (Afr.)
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Merwilla plumbea (Lindl.) Speta
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Common names: wild squill, blue squill, blue hyacinth, blouberglelie, blouslangkop, inguduza
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