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Genus: Haemanthus
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> Monocotyledons > Order: Asparagales
> Family: Amaryllidaceae
The 22 species are endemic to
southern Africa.
Species indigenous in southern Africa
Haemanthus albiflos
(White Paint Brush, Dappled Snowbrush)
Witpoeierkwas, Gevlekte Poeierkwas, Witpoeierkwas [Afrikaans]; licishamlilo [Swazi]; uzeneke
[Zulu] See KwaZulu-Natal wild flowers by
Elsa Pooley p. 104. |
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Haemanthus
amarylloides
Pienkkwas [Afrikaans] See Nieuwoudtville
wild flowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 56 |
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Haemanthus avasmontanus |
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Haemanthus barkerae
Bokkeveldkwas [Afrikaans] See Nieuwoudtville
wild flowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 56 (no photo -
similar to H. amarylloides) |
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Haemanthus canaliculatus |
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Haemanthus carneus |
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Haemanthus coccineus
(April Fool, Blood Flower)
Rooikwas, Bergajuin [Afrikaans] See Nieuwoudtville
wild flowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 56;
Hottentots Holland to Hermanus
wild flowers by Lee Burman & Anne Bean p. 42; West
Coast wild flowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 46; Cederberg
wild flowers by Gretel van Rooyen & Hester Steyn p. 56. |
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Haemanthus crispus |
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Haemanthus dasyphyllus |
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Haemanthus deformis
(Dwarf Haemanthus) [=Haemanthus baurii, Haemanthus
mackenii]
See KwaZulu-Natal wild flowers by
Elsa Pooley p. 106. |
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Haemanthus graniticus |
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Haemanthus humilis (Rabbit's Ears)
[=Haemanthus hirsutus]
Bobbejaanoor, Velskoenblaar [Afrikaans]; sekitla, tsebe ea phofu [South
Sotho] See
KwaZulu-Natal wild flowers by Elsa Pooley p. 346;
Wild Flowers of the Highveld by Braam van Wyk and Sasa Malan p. 190 |
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Haemanthus lanceifolius |
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Haemanthus montanus
(Mountain Haemanthus) See
KwaZulu-Natal wild flowers by Elsa Pooley p. 346, 106, 232 |
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Haemanthus namaquensis |
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Haemanthus nortieri |
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Haemanthus pauculifolius |
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Haemanthus pubescens
Poeierkwas [Afrikaans] See
West Coast wild flowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 46. |
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Haemanthus pumilio |
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Haemanthus sanguineus( April Fool)
Veldskoenblaar, Misryer, Brandlelie [Afrikaans]
See Southern
Overberg wild flowers by Penny Mustart et al. p. 70; West
Coast wild flowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 46 |
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Haemanthus tristis |
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Haemanthus unifoliatus |
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