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Amaryllidaceae
Plantamaryllis or daffodil family Compton Herbarium All Amaryllidaceae are perennials and apart from Clivia, ... are also attractively spotted with dark green or red. Amaryllidaceae usually have numerous flowers held in an ... number of x = 11 is most common. In South Africa, many Amaryllidaceae species are adapted to cope with wildfires and ...
Nerine gracilis
Plant... should be regarded as poisonous to animals such as pets. Amaryllidaceae Nerine gracilis is best propagated through ... 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 ...
Agapanthus praecox
Plant... in the Liliaceae (lily family), was then moved to the Amaryllidaceae (amaryllis and daffodil family), moved again into the Alliaceae (onion family) then back to Amaryllidaceae and now resides in its own family, the ... It is placed in its own family, a sister family to the Amaryllidaceae, on the strength of its superior ovary, the ...
Cyrtanthus breviflorus
Plant... The seeds have a papery wing and are dispersed by wind. Amaryllidaceae Cyrtanthus breviflorus is best propagated by ... 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 ...
Haemanthus
Plant... being known as the 'April-fool'. Compared with other Amaryllidaceae, Haemanthus has especially small flowers. ... cannot be stored, so they are referred to as recalcitrant. Amaryllidaceae In general, Haemanthus are not grown for ... slow growing. For instance, H. nortieri [see Amaryllidaceae ] can take almost 17 years to mature. ...
Cyrtanthus
Plant... bulbils at the tips of stolons. Like other members of the Amaryllidaceae, the bulbs contain toxic alkaloids, including ... flowering directly after fire. Photo Graham Duncan Amaryllidaceae Cyrtanthus is grown mainly for its striking, ... is the most species-rich genus of the southern African Amaryllidaceae. C. elatus (George lily, Scarborough lily) is ...
Haemanthus canaliculatus
Plant... ash and plenty of moisture and sunlight needed for growth. Amaryllidaceae As this is a difficult species to grow, and as ... be disturbed once well established. The Amaryllis family, Amaryllidaceae, has about 60 genera of which 19 occur in ... 280 are found in southern Africa. [This classification of Amaryllidaceae is in the sense of Leistner (2000).] In the ...
Cyrtanthus ventricosus
Plant... winged, and admirably suited to dispersal by wind. Amaryllidaceae In general Cyrtanthus species from the dry ... With about 50 species, Cyrtanthus is the largest genus of Amaryllidaceae in southern Africa. The genus extends from as ... the greatest floral diversity of all African members of Amaryllidaceae, probably due to the plants having become ...
Crinum
Plant... and this should be taken into account by the gardener. Amaryllidaceae Stock of most true species rarely multiplies ... plants perform best in a permanent position and, like any Amaryllidaceae, do not react well to any disturbance of the ... analysis yielded more than 150 different isoquinoline or Amaryllidaceae alkaloids and some of the most noted effects ...
Brunsvigia
Plant... break open and scatter their seeds. [See picture in Amaryllidaceae ] Amaryllidaceae Brunsvigia , unlike its close relative Nerine ... of the bulbs are used for medicinal purposes. Like all Amaryllidaceae, however, brunsvigias are rich in alkaloids ...