Genus: Clivia

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 five species are endemic to southern Africa.

Species indigenous in southern Africa

Clivia caulescens See Transvaal Lowveld and escarpment wild flowers by Jo Onderstall p. 54.
Clivia gardenii (Major Garden's Clivia, Natal Drooping Clivia) Boslelie [Afrikaans]; umayime, umgulufu [Zulu] See KwaZulu-Natal Wildflowers by Elsa Pooley p. 36. Link: Clivia gardenii (PlantzAfrica.com)
Clivia miniata (Bush Lily, St John's Lily, Clivia, Fire Lily)
Clivia mirabilis
Clivia nobilis (Drooping Clivia) Hangende Boslelie [Afrikaans] See Creative gardening with indigenous plants by Pitta Joffe p. 2
Clivia robusta

Publications

• Vorster, P. 1994. Clivia nobilis. Flowering Plants of Africa 53: 70-74.