Brunsvigia
| Brunsvigia | |
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| Brunsvigia josephinae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Amaryllidoideae |
| Genus: | Brunsvigia Heist.[1] |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Brunsuigia Heist., alternate spelling | |
Brunsvigia is a flowering plant African plants in the Amaryllis family, subfamily Amaryllidoideae.[3] It contains about 20 species native to southeastern and southern Africa from Tanzania to Cape Province.
Brunsvigia are tender bulbs, winter-growing and summer-dormant, generally flowering in early autumn. The plants are often gregarious with flowers that are brilliant scarlet, pink, or red. Species:[4][5]
- Brunsvigia bosmaniae F.M.Leight.
- Brunsvigia comptonii W.F.Barker
- Brunsvigia elandsmontana Snijman
- Brunsvigia gariepensis Snijman
- Brunsvigia grandiflora Lindl.
- Brunsvigia gregaria R.A.Dyer
- Brunsvigia herrei Leight. ex W.F.Barker
- Brunsvigia josephinae (Delile) Ker Gawl.
- Brunsvigia kirkii Baker
- Brunsvigia litoralis R.A.Dyer
- Brunsvigia marginata (Jacq.) W.T.Aiton
- Brunsvigia namaquana D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies
- Brunsvigia natalensis Baker
- Brunsvigia nervosa (Poir.) ined.
- Brunsvigia orientalis (L.) Aiton ex Eckl.
- Brunsvigia pulchra (W.F.Barker) D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies
- Brunsvigia radula (Jacq.) W.T.Aiton
- Brunsvigia radulosa Herb.
- Brunsvigia undulata F.M.Leight.
References
- ↑ Heister, Lorenz 1755. Geschreibung eines neuen Geschlechts 3.
- ↑ Tropicos, Brunsvigia Heist.
- ↑ Stevens, P.F., Angiosperm Phylogeny Website: Asparagales: Amaryllidoideae
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Sanbi Red List of South African Plants, Species search: Brunsvigia
- R.A. Dyer, 1950: A review of the genus Brunsvigia. Plant Life 6: 63-83
- R.A. Dyer, 1951: A review of the genus Brunsvigia. Plant Life 7: 44-64
- C.A. Smith, 1966: Common names of South African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa No. 35. TheGovernment Printer, Pretoria
- R.S. Adamson, T.A. Salter (eds.), 1950: Flora of the Cape Peninsula. Juta, Cape Town and Johannesburg
- J. Manning, P. Goldblatt, 2000: Wild flowers of the fairest Cape. Red Roof Design in association with the Nationalotanical Institute, Cape Town
- E.G. Rice, R.H. Compton, 1950: Wild flowers of the Cape of Good Hope. The Botanical Society of SA, Cape Town
- A. Pauw, S. Johnson, 1999: Table Mountain: a natural history. Fernwood Press
- G.D. Duncan, 2000: Grow bulbs. Kirstenbosch Gardening Series, National Botanical Institute, Cape Town
- G.D. Duncan, 2002: Grow nerines. Kirstenbosch Gardening Series, National Botanical Institute, Cape Town
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