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Ledebouria petiolata

Common names: leopard lily, little white soldiers, small snake lily (Eng.), injobo, ucibicibane (isiZulu)

Family: Hyacinthaceae

02 / 11 / 2015 | Jermaine Christoffels | Kirstenbosch NBG

Schizocarphus nervosus

Common names: white scilla, white wild squill (Eng.); sandlelie (Afr.); seboka (Sesotho); imbita-yebantwana, ndvwendvweni (siSwati); sabantwana, umagaqana, inkwitel

Family: Hyacinthaceae

20 / 07 / 2015 | M.S. Mothogoane | National Herbarium Pretoria

Eucomis bicolor

Common names: forest pineapple flower, variegated pineapple flower (Eng.); bontpynappelblom, bospynappellelie (Afr.); imbola, umbola (isiZulu); khampumpu-ya-thaba (

Family: Hyacinthaceae

07 / 07 / 2015 | Dineo Dibakwane | Millennium Seed Bank Partnership

Drimia filifolia

Common names: thread-leaf drimia (Eng.); gifbol (Afr.)

Family: Hyacinthaceae

10 / 11 / 2014 | James Deacon | Kirstenbosch NBG

Eucomis humilis

Common names: dwarf pineapple flower (Eng.); beskeie berglelie (Afr.)

Family: Hyacinthaceae

07 / 07 / 2014 | Sibahle Gumede | KwaZulu-Natal NBG

Lachenalia pygmaea

Common names: none recorded; suggested name: pygmy hyacinth

Family: Hyacinthaceae

23 / 06 / 2014 | Adam Harrower | Kirstenbosch NBG

Daubenya aurea

Common names: none recorded.

Family: Hyacinthaceae

13 / 01 / 2014 | Marinda Koekemoer | National Herbarium Pretoria

Lachenalia alba

Common names: white lachenalia (Eng.), witviooltjie (Afr.)

Family: Hyacinthaceae

... area. Lachenalia is the largest genus of the South African Hyacinthaceae family and consists of more than 100 species. ...

23 / 12 / 2013 | Eugene Marinus | Hantam NBG

Ledebouria zebrina

Common names: giant false scilla; giant African hyacinth

Family: Hyacinthaceae

25 / 11 / 2013 | Andrew Hankey | Walter Sisulu NBG

Lachenalia fistulosa

Common names: Cape hyacinth; viooltije (Afr.)

Family: Hyacinthaceae

05 / 08 / 2013 | Adam Harrower | Kirstenbosch NBG

Lachenalia neilii

Common names: kleuterviooltjie (Afr.)

Family: Hyacinthaceae

... genus Lachenalia is the largest within the South African Hyacinthaceae family and consists of more than 100 species. ...

15 / 10 / 2012 | Eugene Marinus | Hantam NBG

Eucomis vandermerwei

Common names: spotted-leaf eucomis

Family: Hyacinthaceae

30 / 04 / 2012 | Graham Duncan | Kirstenbosch NBG

Ornithogalum dubium

Common names: yellow chincherinchee (Eng.); geeltjienkerientjee, geeltjienk (Afr.); itsweletswele lasethafeni (Xhosa)

Family: Hyacinthaceae

09 / 01 / 2012 | Olivia Tyambetyu | Kirstenbosch NBG

Lachenalia lutea

Common names: common dwarf yellow viooltjie

Family: Hyacinthaceae

26 / 12 / 2011 | Adam Harrower | Kirstenbosch NBG

Lachenalia pustulata

Common names: common viooltjie

Family: Hyacinthaceae

12 / 09 / 2011 | Adam Harrower | Kirstenbosch NBG

Eucomis schijffii

Common names: miniature eucomis

Family: Hyacinthaceae

25 / 07 / 2011 | Graham Duncan | Kirstenbosch NBG

Lachenalia orchioides

Common names: (L. orchioides var. orchioides): wild hyacinth (Eng.), groenviooltjie (Afr.); (L. orchioides var. glaucina (Jacq.) W.F.Barker): blue wild hyacinth (E

Family: Hyacinthaceae

11 / 07 / 2011 | Adam Harrower | Kirstenbosch NBG