Brunsvigia

Brunsvigia
Brunsvigia josephinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
Genus: Brunsvigia
Heist.[1]
Synonyms[2]

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.

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