Brunsvigia
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 appendiculata
- Brunsvigia bosmaniae
- Brunsvigia comptonii
- Brunsvigia grandiflora
- Brunsvigia gregaria
- Brunsvigia herrei
- Brunsvigia josephinae
- Brunsvigia litoralis
- Brunsvigia marginata
- Brunsvigia natalensis
- Brunsvigia orientalis
- Brunsvigia pulchra
- Brunsvigia radula
- Brunsvigia radulosa
- Brunsvigia striata
- Brunsvigia undulata
References
- 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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