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Gladiolus phoenix

Gladiolus phoenix
Common names: ash lady (Eng.)
Family: Iridaceae

... fire adaptation. The genus Gladiolus belongs to the family Iridaceae, which includes approximately 70 genera and about ... in southern Africa and is the second largest genus in the Iridaceae family in the region, after Moraea . Other genera in the southern African Iridaceae family include Geissorhiza , Ixia , Babiana and ...

13 / 01 / 2025 | Nokukhanya Nozipho Mhlongo | TSP
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Geissorhiza ovata

Geissorhiza ovata
Common names: pink satin flower (Eng.); pienk satynblom (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae

... genus Geissorhiza (day bloomers) falls under the family Iridaceae and with Hesperantha (night bloomers) falls in the ...

16 / 12 / 2024 | Loretta Floors | Harold Porter NBG
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Aristea torulosa

Aristea torulosa
Common names: Wood’s aristea (Eng.); blousuurkanol (Afr.); khahla, lethepu-le-lenyenyane (Sesotho,); umluzi omncane (isiZulu); phayimashimane (siSwati)
Family: Iridaceae

... the name is unclear. Aristea belongs in the iris family (Iridaceae), which consists of about 70 genera and ± 2 160 ...

25 / 11 / 2024 | Ofentse Naanyane | Free State NBG
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Watsonia strubeniae

Watsonia strubeniae
Common names: Sabie watsonia Graskop watsonia, Struben’s watsonia (Eng.) Graskopse-kanolpypie (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae

... formed the type collection. This species belongs to the Iridaceae, known as the iris family. Most watsonias are ...

04 / 11 / 2024 | Pfuluwani Ndou | Lowveld NBG
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Watsonia lepida

Watsonia lepida
Common names: lonesome watsonia (Eng.); khahla (Sesotho)
Family: Iridaceae

... to its attractive flowers. Watsonia lepida belongs to the Iridaceae, the iris family, comprising of 66 genera and ...

14 / 10 / 2024 | Mashudu Tshitereke | KwaZulu-Natal NBG
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Gladiolus liliaceus

Gladiolus liliaceus
Common names: large brown-afrikaner, large brown africander, brown africander, sword lily (Eng.); ribbokblom, aandpypie, grootbruinafrikaner, kaneelaandblom, bruina
Family: Iridaceae

... powder (fungicide). The genus Gladiolus belongs to the Iridaceae, a family with more than 60 genera worldwide. Gladiolus is the largest genus in the Iridaceae with approximately 255 species. Gladiolus species ...

07 / 10 / 2024 | Ramafalo Dikeledi | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Gladiolus sericeovillosus

Gladiolus sericeovillosus
Common names: large speckled gladiolus (Eng.); isidwa, udwendweni, isidwa esincane, umlunge (siZulu); bloupypie (Afr.); sidvwana (isiSwazi)
Family: Iridaceae

... dated March 1845. Gladiolus belongs to the Iris family (Iridaceae), which includes approximately 65 genera and 1 800 ...

19 / 08 / 2024 | Lesego Tlhatlhelang | Walter Sisulu NBG
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Dierama dubium

Dierama dubium
Common names: hidden hairbell (Eng.); grasklokkie (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae

... Dierama dubium is a species endemic to South Africa from Iridaceae, a geophytic family with only four subfamilies ...

19 / 08 / 2024 | Mlondi Sikhosana | KwaZulu-Natal NBG
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Radinosiphon leptostachya

Radinosiphon leptostachya
Common names: slender-spiked radinosiphon (Eng.); blou angelier (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae

... Radinosiphon is a genus of flowering plants in the Iridaceae family that was first described as a genus in 1932. ... just more than half of the total species within the Iridaceae. Most of the species in this subfamily are ... leaves and 6 petals which are typical features of the Iridaceae family. Radinosiphon lomatensis is easily ...

24 / 06 / 2024 | Ziphezinhle Madonsela | Lowveld NBG
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Babiana rubrocyanea

Babiana rubrocyanea
Common names: blue-and-red babiana, wine-cup baboon-root, winecup babiana (Eng.); kelkiewynbobbejaantjie, rooibloubobbejaantjie (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae

... soap may also work. Babiana belongs to the iris family (Iridaceae), a family encompassing approximately 65 genera and ...

05 / 02 / 2024 | Natasha Lombard | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Aristea spiralis

A clump of Aristea spiralis
Common names: star-eyed aristea, pale capeblue (Eng.)
Family: Iridaceae

... insufficient sunlight. Aristea is part of the iris family (Iridaceae), which consists of about 65 genera and 1 800 ...

11 / 12 / 2023 | Natasha Lombard | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Sparaxis auriculata

Sparaxis auriculata
Common names: Matsikamma sparaxis, ear satinflower (Eng.), fluweelblom, fluweeltjie (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae

27 / 11 / 2023 | Sisipho Mqungguthu | Karoo Desert NBG
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Babiana montana

Babiana montana
Common names: Agulhas baboon flower (Eng.); bobbejaantjie, bobbejaanuintjie (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae

... ‘relating to mountains’. Babiana belongs in the Iridaceae family, it is a genus of approximately 92 species ...

06 / 11 / 2023 | Philisiwe Nonhlanhla Biyela | Pretoria NBG
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Moraea hiemalis

Moraea heimalis. Photo Richard Boon
Common names: winter yellow moraea
Family: Iridaceae

12 / 12 / 2022 | Mlondi Sikhosana | KwaZulu-Natal NBG
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Gladiolus serpenticola

Gladiolus serpenticola
Common names: serpentine sword lily, serpentine gladiolus
Family: Iridaceae

... them. Gladiolus is one of the largest genera of the Iridaceae family, with more than 250 plant species. Gladioli ...

08 / 08 / 2022 | Winfred Velephi Ngwenya | Lowveld NBG
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Thereianthus bulbiferus

Thereianthus bulbiferus, patent flowers
Common names: bulb-bearing summer pipes (Eng.); somerpypie (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae

... Thereianthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae which was first described as a genus in 1941. The ...

25 / 07 / 2022 | Naomi Mdayi | Millennium Seed Bank Partnership
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Lapeirousia jacquinii

Lapeirousia jacquinii
Common names: harlequin cabong, purple cabong, Jacquin's lapeirousia, purple corn-lily, wild violet (Eng.); kabong, paletblaar, rukkeperdjie (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae

... Namaqua rock mice. Lapeirousia is part of the Iris family (Iridaceae), which consists of about 65 genera and 1 800 ...

04 / 04 / 2022 | Natasha Lombard | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Babiana nervosa

Babiana nervosa
Common names: baboon flower, babiana (Eng.), bobbejaantjie, bobbejaanuintjie, katjetie (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae

07 / 03 / 2022 | Ofentse Naanyane | Pretoria NBG
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Babiana stricta

Common names: baboon flower, babiana (Eng.), bobbejaantjie, bobbejaanuintjie, katjetie (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae

07 / 03 / 2022 | | Pretoria NBG
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Gladiolus permeabilis

Gladiolus permeabilis
Common names: partridge pypie, small afrikander (Eng.); patrysuintjie, kleinafrikaner, koningaandblom, lituin (Afr.); khahla-e-nyenyane (Sesotho); sidvwana (siSwati
Family: Iridaceae

... The genus Gladiolus is part of the Iris family (Iridaceae), which consists of about 65 genera and 1 800 ...

28 / 02 / 2022 | Natasha Lombard | National Herbarium Pretoria
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