Overview
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Brunsvigia is a flowering plant genus in the family Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Amaryllidoideae.1] It contains about 20 species native to South Africa.
Brunsvigia are tender bulbs, winter-growing and summer-dormant, generally flowering in early autumn. Their flowers are brilliant scarlet, pink, or red. Species include:
- Brunsvigia bosmaniae
- Brunsvigia comptonii
- Brunsvigia grandiflora
- Brunsvigia gregaria
- Brunsvigia herrei
- Brunsvigia josephinae
- Brunsvigia litoralis
- Brunsvigia marginata
- Brunsvigia natalensis
- Brunsvigia orientalis
- Brunsvigia pulchra
- Brunsvigia radula
- Br unsvigia radulosa
- Brunsvigia striata
- Brunsvigia undulata
References
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- 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
- 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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Taxonomy
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The Genus Brunsvigia is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 58 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Genus Brunsvigia: B. albiflora · B. appendiculata · B. banksiana · B. bidwillii · B. blanda · B. bosmaniae · B. burchelliana · B. ciliaris · B. comptonii · B. cooperi · B. coranica · B. disticha · B. elandsmontana · B. falcata · B. fulva · B. gigantea · B. glauca · B. grandiflora · B. gregaria · B. gydobergensis · B. herrei · B. humilis · B. insizwae · B. josephinae (Josephines Lily) · B. josephiniae · B. kirkii · B. laticoma · B. litoralis · B. lucida · B. magnifica · B. maior · B. marginata · B. massaiana · B. minor · B. multiflora · B. namaquana · B. natalensis · B. nervosa · B. orientalis · B. orientalis 'Alba' · B. parkeri · B. pulchra · B. radula · B. radula 'Vanrhynsdorp' · B. radulosa · B. rautanenii · B. rosea · B. rosea 'Minor' · B. rubricaulis · B. slateriana · B. sphaerocarpa · B. striata (Brunsvigia) · B. toxicaria · B. tubergenii · B. undulata · B. vaginata · B. x parkeri · B. x tubergenii
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