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 Genus: Cyrtanthus

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 

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

Cyrtanthus attenuatus

 

Cyrtanthus bicolor

 

Cyrtanthus brachyscyphus (Dobo Lily, Orange Ifafa Lily)

Kleinrooipypie [Afrikaans]; unompingi [Zulu]

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

Cyrtanthus brachysiphon

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

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

 

Cyrtanthus carneus (Fire Lily)

Sandlelie [Afrikaans]

See Southern Overberg wild flowers by Penny Mustart et al. p. 70

Cyrtanthus clavatus

 

Cyrtanthus collinus

 

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

Cyrtanthus debilis

 

Cyrtanthus elatus

 

Cyrtanthus epiphyticus (Tree Lily, Tree Cyrtanthus)

Boomlelie [Afrikaans]

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

Cyrtanthus erubescens

 

Cyrtanthus eucallus

 

Cyrtanthus falcatus (Fire Lily)

See KwaZulu-Natal Wildflowers by Elsa Pooley p. 40.

Cyrtanthus fergusoniae

 

Cyrtanthus flammosus

 

Cyrtanthus flanaganii (Yellow Dobo Lily)

Geeldobolelie [Afrikaans]

See KwaZulu-Natal Wildflowers by Elsa Pooley p. 232.

Cyrtanthus flavus

 

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.

Cyrtanthus guthrieae (Bredasdorp Lily)

Bredasdorp Lelie [Afrikaans]

See Southern Overberg wild flowers by Penny Mustart et al. p. 70

Cyrtanthus helictus

 

Cyrtanthus herrei

 

Cyrtanthus huttonii

 

Cyrtanthus inaequalis

 

Cyrtanthus junodii

 

Cyrtanthus labiatus

 

Cyrtanthus leptosiphon

 

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.

Cyrtanthus loddigesianus

 

Cyrtanthus mackenii (Ifafa lily)

Cyrtanthus mackenii (Ifafa lily)

Cyrtanthus macowanii

 

Cyrtanthus montanus

 

Cyrtanthus nutans

See KwaZulu-Natal Wildflowers by Elsa Pooley p. 232.

Cyrtanthus obliquus (Giant cyrtanthus)

Cyrtanthus obrienii (Red Ifafa Lily)

Rooi-ifafalelie [Afrikaans]

See KwaZulu-Natal Wildflowers by Elsa Pooley p. 40.

Cyrtanthus ochroleucus

 

Cyrtanthus odorus

 

Cyrtanthus rhododactylus

 

Cyrtanthus rotundilobus

 

Cyrtanthus sanguineus (Large Red Cyrtanthus, Inanda Lily, Kei Lily)

Keilelie [Afrikaans]; isilawu esimhlophe [Xhosa]

See KwaZulu-Natal Wildflowers by Elsa Pooley p. 40.

 

Cyrtanthus smithiae

 

Cyrtanthus spiralis

 

Cyrtanthus staadensis

 

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.

Cyrtanthus striatus

 

Cyrtanthus suaveolens

 

Cyrtanthus thorncroftii

 

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

Cyrtanthus ventricosus

 

Cyrtanthus wellandii

 

Publications

  • Dyer, R.A. 1939. Description, classification and phylogeny. A revision of the genus Cyrtanthus. Herbertia 6: 65-103.

  • 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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