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Cyrtanthus sanguineus

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
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Nerine gracilis

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
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Cyrtanthus breviflorus

Cyrtanthus breviflorus flowering after fire
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
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Gethyllis afra

Gethyllis afra as a container subject
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
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Gethyllis villosa

Gethyllis villosa flower. Photo Lennart N.
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
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Allium synnotii

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
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Nerine ridleyi

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
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Haemanthus sanguineus

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
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Cyrtanthus

Cyrtanthus elatus
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
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Brunsvigia natalensis

Brunsvigia natalensis
Common names: Natal candelabra flower (Eng.); kandelaarblom (Afr.); umbhola (Zul.)
Family: Amaryllidaceae

14 / 06 / 2021 | Mulweli Maswoliedza | Compton Herbarium
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Hessea speciosa

Hessea speciosa
Common names: coconut umbrella lily (Eng.); sambreeltjies (Afr.)
Family: Amaryllidaceae

31 / 05 / 2021 | Bhongolethu Mtengwana | TSP
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Cyrtanthus elatus

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
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Haemanthus humilis subsp. hirsutus

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
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Apodolirion amyanum

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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Ammocharis baumii

Ammocharis baumii as a container subject. (Photo Graham Duncan)
Common names: Baum’s ammocharis
Family: Amaryllidaceae

30 / 03 / 2020 | Graham Duncan | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Apodolirion macowanii

Apodolirion macowanii
Common names: spiralled leaf ground lily, MacOwan’s ground lily
Family: Amaryllidaceae

04 / 11 / 2019 | Pamela Nondumiso Sgatya | CREW
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Crinum lineare

Crinum lineare (Adriaan Grobler)
Common names: Port Elizabeth crinum
Family: Amaryllidaceae

03 / 12 / 2018 | Vathiswa Zikishe | CREW
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Scadoxus membranaceus

Scadoxus membranaceus
Common names: dwarf paintbrush, (Eng.); seeroogblom (Afr.); idumbi (Zul.)
Family: Amaryllidaceae

29 / 10 / 2018 | Nomama Mei | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Ammocharis coranica

Ammocharis coranica
Common names: karoo lily, koranna lily, sore eye flower, bible flower, ground lily (Eng.); berglelie, gifbol, seeroogblom (Afr.); boka (Sesotho); isidiya, icukudo,
Family: Amaryllidaceae

20 / 11 / 2017 | Ricardo Riddles | Karoo Desert NBG
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Clivia miniata var. citrina

Clivia miniata var. citrina ‘Kirstenbosch Yellow’
Common names: yellow clivia, yellow bush lily (Eng.); geelboslelie (Afr.)
Family: Amaryllidaceae

... and to mountains near Vanrhynsdorp. Within the family Amaryllidaceae, Clivia falls within the tribe Haemantheae , ...

02 / 10 / 2017 | Graham Duncan | Kirstenbosch NBG
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