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Genus: Cyrtanthus
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Bulb contains non-lethal haemolytic saponin and
alkaloids, and causes vomiting and diarrhoea if eaten.There are 52 species
indigenous to southern Africa and two occurring further north.
Species indigenous to southern Africa
Cyrtanthus
angustifolius (Fire Lily)
Brandlelie [Afrikaans] See Cederberg
wild flowers by Gretel van Rooyen & Hester Steyn p. 60 |
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Cyrtanthus attenuatus |
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Cyrtanthus bicolor |
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Cyrtanthus
brachyscyphus (Dobo Lily, Orange Ifafa Lily)
Kleinrooipypie [Afrikaans]; unompingi [Zulu] See KwaZulu-Natal Wildflowers by
Elsa Pooley p. 38. |
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Cyrtanthus
brachysiphon See KwaZulu-Natal Wildflowers by
Elsa Pooley p. 38. |
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Cyrtanthus breviflorus
(Yellow Fire Lily, Wild Crocus)
Geelvuurlelie, Wildekrokus [Afrikaans]; umpimpilizi
[Swazi]; injobo, uvelabahleke [Zulu] See KwaZulu-Natal Wildflowers by
Elsa Pooley p. 232; Wild
Flowers of the Highveld by Braam van Wyk and Sasa Malan p. 94 |
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Cyrtanthus carneus (Fire
Lily)
Sandlelie [Afrikaans]
See Southern
Overberg wild flowers by Penny Mustart et al. p. 70 |
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Cyrtanthus clavatus |
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Cyrtanthus collinus |
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Cyrtanthus contractus (Fire
Lily)
Brandlelie, Vuurlelie [Afrikaans]; impingizana [Zulu] See KwaZulu-Natal Wildflowers by
Elsa Pooley p. 38; Transvaal
Lowveld and escarpment wild flowers by Jo Onderstall p. 56 |
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Cyrtanthus debilis |
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Cyrtanthus elatus |
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Cyrtanthus epiphyticus
(Tree Lily, Tree Cyrtanthus)
Boomlelie [Afrikaans] See KwaZulu-Natal Wildflowers by
Elsa Pooley p. 38. |
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Cyrtanthus erubescens |
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Cyrtanthus eucallus |
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Cyrtanthus falcatus (Fire
Lily) See KwaZulu-Natal Wildflowers by
Elsa Pooley p. 40. |
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Cyrtanthus fergusoniae |
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Cyrtanthus flammosus |
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Cyrtanthus flanaganii
(Yellow Dobo Lily)
Geeldobolelie [Afrikaans] See KwaZulu-Natal Wildflowers by
Elsa Pooley p. 232. |
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Cyrtanthus flavus |
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Cyrtanthus galpinii (Galpin's
Cyrtanthus, Fire Lily) [= Cyrtanthus balenii]
Galpin-cyrtanthus, Vuurlelie [Afrikaans];
umpimpilizi [Swazi] See KwaZulu-Natal Wildflowers by
Elsa Pooley p. 40; Transvaal
Lowveld and escarpment wild flowers by Jo Onderstall p. 56. |
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Cyrtanthus guthrieae (Bredasdorp
Lily)
Bredasdorp Lelie [Afrikaans]
See Southern
Overberg wild flowers by Penny Mustart et al. p. 70 |
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Cyrtanthus helictus |
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Cyrtanthus herrei |
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Cyrtanthus huttonii |
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Cyrtanthus inaequalis |
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Cyrtanthus junodii |
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Cyrtanthus labiatus |
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Cyrtanthus leptosiphon |
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Cyrtanthus
leucanthus
Witbergpypie, Witbrandlelie [Afrikaans]
See Southern
Overberg wild flowers by Penny Mustart et al. p. 70; Hottentots
Holland to Hermanus wild flowers by Lee Burman & Anne Bean p. 40. |
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Cyrtanthus loddigesianus |
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Cyrtanthus mackenii
(Ifafa lily) |
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Cyrtanthus macowanii |
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Cyrtanthus montanus |
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Cyrtanthus nutans See KwaZulu-Natal Wildflowers by
Elsa Pooley p. 232. |
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Cyrtanthus obliquus (Giant
cyrtanthus) |
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Cyrtanthus obrienii
(Red Ifafa Lily)
Rooi-ifafalelie [Afrikaans] See KwaZulu-Natal Wildflowers by
Elsa Pooley p. 40. |
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Cyrtanthus ochroleucus |
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Cyrtanthus odorus |
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Cyrtanthus rhododactylus |
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Cyrtanthus rotundilobus |
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Cyrtanthus sanguineus
(Large Red Cyrtanthus, Inanda Lily, Kei Lily)
Keilelie [Afrikaans]; isilawu esimhlophe [Xhosa] See KwaZulu-Natal Wildflowers by
Elsa Pooley p. 40. |
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Cyrtanthus smithiae |
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Cyrtanthus spiralis |
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Cyrtanthus staadensis |
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Cyrtanthus stenanthus
(Long-tubed Cyrtanthus)
Ifafalelie [Afrikaans]; lepontoana, moroloanane-oa-litsoene
[South Sotho]; umpimpilizi [Swazi]; impingizana encane ebomvu [Zulu] See KwaZulu-Natal Wildflowers by
Elsa Pooley p. 40, 232. |
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Cyrtanthus striatus |
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Cyrtanthus suaveolens |
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Cyrtanthus thorncroftii |
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Cyrtanthus tuckii
(Green-tipped Fire Lily)
Brandlelie [Afrikaans]; umpimpilizi [Swazi]; isiwesa [Zulu] See KwaZulu-Natal Wildflowers by
Elsa Pooley p. 40; Wild
Flowers of the Highveld by Braam van Wyk and Sasa Malan p. 190 |
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Cyrtanthus ventricosus |
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Cyrtanthus wellandii |
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Publications
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Dyer, R.A. 1939. Description, classification
and phylogeny. A revision of the genus Cyrtanthus. Herbertia
6: 65-103.
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Reid, C. & Dyer, R.A. 1984. A review of
the southern African species of Cyrtanthus. American Plant Life Society,
La Jolla, California.
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