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Tulbaghia maritima

Common names: Garden Route garlic, coast wild garlic (Eng), kuswildenoflok (Afr.)

Family: Amaryllidaceae

... snails, slugs and lily borer (favours members of the Amaryllidaceae family) cause a lot of damage to the foliage. ... most of which are bulbous. Tulbaghia belongs to the family Amaryllidaceae. Historically, the genus was classified under ... studies have since led to its reclassification into the Amaryllidaceae family, specifically within the subfamily ...

21 / 07 / 2025 | Siphesihle Precious Sibiya | Kirstenbosch NBG

Tulbaghia coddii

Common names: poet’s garlic, Codd’s wild garlic (Eng.)

Family: Amaryllidaceae

... region, it falls under Allioideae, a subfamily in the Amaryllidaceae family. The Allioideae was previously treated ... 2023 Angiosperm Phylogeny Group Journal where the merge to Amaryllidaceae came to effect and Alliaceae family was ...

05 / 05 / 2025 | Ziphezinhle Madonsela | Lowveld NBG

Crinum lugardiae

Common names: veld swamplily, Lugard's crinum (Eng.); veldlelie (Afr.)

Family: Amaryllidaceae

02 / 12 / 2024 | Linda Booysen | Walter Sisulu NBG

Brunsvigia pulchra

Common names: Namaqualand tulip, torch candelabra (Eng.)

Family: Amaryllidaceae

18 / 11 / 2024 | Gianpaolo Gilardi | Kirstenbosch NBG

Tulbaghia pretoriensis

Common names: Pretoria wild garlic (Eng.); Pretoria-wildeknoffel (Afr.)

Family: Amaryllidaceae

02 / 09 / 2024 | Dineo Dibakwane | Walter Sisulu NBG

Cyrtanthus sanguineus

Common names: Kei lily, Inanda lily, Nahoon lily, large red cyrtanthus, fire lily (Eng.), Keilelie, vuurlelie (Afr.), isilawu esimhlophe (isiXhosa).

Family: Amaryllidaceae

15 / 07 / 2024 | Itumeleng Machete | Pretoria NBG

Tulbaghia natalensis

Common names: sweet wild garlic, pink wild garlic (Eng.); soetwildeknoffel (Afr.); iswele lezinyoka (isiZulu)

Family: Amaryllidaceae

... place it in the subfamily Allioideae in the family Amaryllidaceae. The onion family was named after the the ...

10 / 06 / 2024 | Dineo Dibakwane | Walter Sisulu NBG

Nerine gracilis

Common names: delicate nerine

Family: Amaryllidaceae

... 1948. Duncan published a description in his 2016 book The Amaryllidaceae of southern Africa with an accompanying plate ... and rescue of the bulbs. Nerine belongs in the family Amaryllidaceae. Southern Africa has 18 genera, and 210 endemic Amaryllidaceae species. Namaqualand and the Cape Region ...

18 / 12 / 2023 | Ntsako Colins Chauke | Walter Sisulu NBG

Cyrtanthus breviflorus

Common names: yellow fire lily, wild crocus (Eng.); geelvuurlelie, wildekrokus (Afr.); umpimpilizi (SiSwati); injobo, uvelabahleke (isiZulu)

Family: Amaryllidaceae

... especially in the mornings. Cyrtanthus, one of the Amaryllidaceae’s most popular genera, has more than 50 species. This makes it the most species rich Amaryllidaceae genus in South Africa . Cyrtanthus breviflorus ...

14 / 08 / 2023 | Itumeleng Machete | KwaZulu-Natal NBG

Gethyllis afra

Common names: kukumakranka, many-leaved Cape crocus (Eng.); bramakranka, koekoemakranka (Afr.).

Family: Amaryllidaceae

... 265 species within subfamily Amaryllidoideae of the family Amaryllidaceae found in southern Africa, and Gethyllis is ...

10 / 07 / 2023 | Graham Duncan | Kirstenbosch NBG

Gethyllis villosa

Common names: hairy kukumakranka (Eng.); kukumakranka, koekemakranka, kroekemakrank (Afr.)

Family: Amaryllidaceae

... villosa is one of the most intriguing members of the Amaryllidaceae family in southern Africa, due to its peculiar ...

10 / 10 / 2022 | Asiphe Mtsuma | Karoo Desert NBG

Allium synnotii

Common names: wild onion, Cape onion (Eng.), ajuin, wilde-ajuin, ajuintjie, berg-ajuin (Afr.)

Family: Amaryllidaceae

... synnotii belongs to the subfamily Alliaceae of the family Amaryllidaceae. The genus Allium consists of about 920 ...

24 / 05 / 2022 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

Nerine ridleyi

Common names: Ridley’s nerine

Family: Amaryllidaceae

... Nerine is one of the best-known genera of southern African Amaryllidaceae. Cultivars of N. bowdenii subsp. bowdenii ...

07 / 03 / 2022 | Graham Duncan | Kirstenbosch NBG

Haemanthus sanguineus

Common names: smooth bloodlily, April fool (Eng.); veldskoenblaar, brandlelie (Afr.)

Family: Amaryllidaceae

... be removed by hand. Haemanthus sanguineus belongs to the Amaryllidaceae, of which 22 species occur in the Klein Karoo. ...

06 / 09 / 2021 | Ricardo Riddles | Karoo Desert NBG

Cyrtanthus

Common names: fire lily (Eng.); brandlelie, vuurlelie (Afr.)

Family: Amaryllidaceae

... bulbils at the tips of stolons. Like other members of the Amaryllidaceae, the bulbs contain toxic alkaloids, including ... is the most species-rich genus of the southern African Amaryllidaceae. C. elatus (George lily, Scarborough lily) is ...

19 / 07 / 2021 | Graham Duncan | Kirstenbosch NBG

Brunsvigia natalensis

Common names: Natal candelabra flower (Eng.); kandelaarblom (Afr.); umbhola (Zul.)

Family: Amaryllidaceae

14 / 06 / 2021 | Mulweli Maswoliedza | Compton Herbarium

Hessea speciosa

Common names: coconut umbrella lily (Eng.); sambreeltjies (Afr.)

Family: Amaryllidaceae

31 / 05 / 2021 | Bhongolethu Mtengwana | TSP

Cyrtanthus elatus

Common names: George lily, Scarborough lily (Eng.); george-lelie, knysna-lelie (Afr.)

Family: Amaryllidaceae

... become independent plants. Like many other members of the Amaryllidaceae, the bulbs contain toxic alkaloids, including ... is the most species-rich genus of the southern African Amaryllidaceae. It is concentrated in South Africa in the ...

29 / 03 / 2021 | Graham Duncan | Kirstenbosch NBG

Haemanthus humilis subsp. hirsutus

Common names: Rabbit’s ears (Eng.); bobbejaanoor, velskoenblaar (Afr.); tsebe ea phofu, sekitla (Sesotho)

Family: Amaryllidaceae

07 / 12 / 2020 | Ndiyafhi Muthuhadini | Walter Sisulu NBG

Apodolirion amyanum

Common names: Amy’s apodolirion (Eng.)

Family: Amaryllidaceae

... the plant in mid-1975. This genus belongs to the Amaryllidaceae family, which comprise mostly of bulbous ...

21 / 09 / 2020 | Pamela Nondumiso Sgatya | CREW

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