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Genus: Amaryllis

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) >  Monocotyledons > Order: Asparagales >  Family: Amaryllidaceae

The 2 species are endemic to the Northern Cape and Western Cape within the winter-rainfall region.

Species indigenous in southern Africa

Amaryllis belladonna (March Lily, Belladonna)

Endemic to the Western Cape.

Amaryllis belladonna (March Lily, Belladonna)

Amaryllis paradisicola

Endemic to the Northern Cape.

 

Publications

  • Dyer, R.A. 1955. Amaryllis belladonna. Flowering Plants of Africa 30: t. 1200.

 

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