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Genus: Brunsvigia (Candelabra lily)

Kandelaar [Afrikaans]

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

Brunsvigia orientalis

In Strandveld at Strandfontein (Western Cape, South Africa).

 

The 20 species are endemic to southern Africa.

 

Brunsvigia bosmaniae 

Maartblom, Pienkmaartblom [Afrikaans]

See Nieuwoudtville wildflowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 54; Cederberg wild flowers by Gretel van Rooyen & Hester Steyn p. 58.         

Brunsvigia comptonii

Brunsvigia cooperi

Brunsvigia elandsmontana

Brunsvigia grandiflora (Giant Candelabra Flower)

Kandelaarblom [Afrikaans]; isichwa [Xhosa]; umqhele-wenkunzi [Zulu]

See KwaZulu-Natal Wildflowers by Elsa Pooley p. 348.

Brunsvigia gregaria

Brunsvigia herrei

Brunsvigia josephinae

 

Brunsvigia litoralis

 

Brunsvigia marginata

 Hottentots Holland to Hermanus wild flowers by Lee Burman & Anne Bean p. 42.

 

Brunsvigia minor 

Kleinmaartblom [Afrikaans]

See Nieuwoudtville wildflowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 54; Cederberg wild flowers by Gretel van Rooyen & Hester Steyn p. 58

 

Brunsvigia namaquana

 

Brunsvigia natalensis (Natal Candelabra Flower)

Kandelaarblom [Afrikaans]; lilula [Swazi]; umbhola [Zulu]

See KwaZulu-Natal Wildflowers by Elsa Pooley p. 348; Transvaal Lowveld and escarpment wild flowers by Jo Onderstall p. 54

 

Brunsvigia orientalis (Candelabra Flower)

Koningskandelaar, Kandelaar, Kandelaarblom, Maartblom, Tanterletant, Perdespook, Wawiel [Afrikaans]

See Southern Overberg wild flowers by Penny Mustart et al. p. 68; Hottentots Holland to Hermanus wild flowers by Lee Burman & Anne Bean p. 42; West Coast wild flowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 44; Cederberg wild flowers by Gretel van Rooyen & Hester Steyn p. 58

 

Brunsvigia pulchra

 

Brunsvigia  radula

 

Brunsvigia radulosa (Candelabra Flower)

Kandelaarblom, Misryblom [Afrikaans]; lematla [South Sotho]; lilula [Swazi]

See KwaZulu-Natal Wildflowers by Elsa Pooley p. 348; Transvaal Lowveld and escarpment wild flowers by Jo Onderstall p. 54

 

Brunsvigia striata

Brunsvigia undulata (Ruby Brunsvigia)

See KwaZulu-Natal Wildflowers by Elsa Pooley p. 38.

 

Publications

  • Dyer, R.A. 1950. A review of the genus Brunsvigia. Plant Life 6: 63-83.

  • Dyer, R.A. 1951. A review of the genus Brunsvigia. Plant Life 7: 44-64.

 

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