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Albuca batteniana

Common names: Wild Coast Albuca

Family: Hyacinthaceae

08 / 08 / 2005 | Giles Mbambezeli | Kirstenbosch NBG

Albuca bracteata

Common names: pregnant onion, false sea onion, sea-onion (Eng.); witui (Afr.); umababaza (isiZulu); masxabana (isiXhosa)

Family: Hyacinthaceae

11 / 03 / 2024 | Mlondi Sikhosana | KwaZulu-Natal NBG

Albuca deaconii

Common names: yellow cliff albuca (Eng.); krans-slymstok (Afr.)

Family: Hyacinthaceae

14 / 03 / 2019 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

Albuca heydenrychii

Common names: yellow cliff-albuca (Eng.); krans-slymstok (Afr.)

Family: Hyacinthaceae

27 / 07 / 2020 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

Albuca lebaensis

Common names: Leba cliff albuca (Eng.); lebakransbol (Afr.)

Family: Hyacinthaceae

29 / 01 / 2018 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

Albuca nelsonii

Common names: candelabrum lily, Nelson's slime lily (Eng.), slymstok (Afr.), intelezi (Xhosa), umaphipha-intelezi (Zulu)

Family: Hyacinthaceae

12 / 10 / 2007 | Giles Mbambezeli | Kirstenbosch NBG

Daubenya aurea

Common names: none recorded.

Family: Hyacinthaceae

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

Drimia altissima

Common names: tall white squill (Eng.); jeukbol, maermanbol, maermanui (Afr.); lukhovu (Siswati), isiklenama, umahlokolosi, umgulube (isiZulu)

Family: Hyacinthaceae

... flower spike. Drimia falls under the bulb family called Hyacinthaceae. It houses quite a number of popular bulbs such ...

25 / 07 / 2022 | Dineo Dibakwane | Walter Sisulu NBG

Drimia filifolia

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

Family: Hyacinthaceae

10 / 11 / 2014 | James Deacon | Kirstenbosch NBG

Drimia loedolffiae

Common names: Kei drimia (Eng.); dassiekweek (Afr.)

Family: Hyacinthaceae

... several Drimia species belonging to the hyacinth family (Hyacinthaceae) in southern Africa. D. Loedolffiae can be ...

17 / 04 / 2017 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

Drimia sphaerocephala

Common names: round-head drimia (Eng.); snotuintjie (Afr.); hlare-sa-noko (Sesotho).

Family: Hyacinthaceae

04 / 07 / 2022 | Lesiba Papo | National Herbarium Pretoria

Eucomis autumnalis

Common names: pineapple flower, pineapple lily (E), wildepynappel, krulkoppie (A), ubuhlungu becanti, isithithibala esimathunzi (X), umathunga, ukhokho, umakhandaka

Family: Hyacinthaceae

... names by different botanists. Eucomis is a member of the Hyacinthaceae (hyacinth family), formerly part of the ...

21 / 01 / 2002 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG

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