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Genus: Haemanthus

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 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.

 

Haemanthus amarylloides

Pienkkwas [Afrikaans]

See Nieuwoudtville wild flowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 56

 

Haemanthus  avasmontanus

 

Haemanthus barkerae

Bokkeveldkwas [Afrikaans]

See Nieuwoudtville wild flowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 56 (no photo - similar to H. amarylloides)

 

Haemanthus  canaliculatus

 

Haemanthus  carneus

 

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.

 

Haemanthus  crispus

 

Haemanthus  dasyphyllus

 

Haemanthus deformis (Dwarf Haemanthus)

[=Haemanthus baurii, Haemanthus mackenii]

See KwaZulu-Natal wild flowers by Elsa Pooley p. 106.

 

Haemanthus  graniticus

 

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

Haemanthus  lanceifolius

 

Haemanthus montanus (Mountain Haemanthus)

See KwaZulu-Natal wild flowers by Elsa Pooley p. 346, 106, 232

 

Haemanthus  namaquensis

 

Haemanthus  nortieri

 

Haemanthus  pauculifolius

 

Haemanthus pubescens 

Poeierkwas [Afrikaans]

See West Coast wild flowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 46.

 

Haemanthus  pumilio

 

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

 

Haemanthus  tristis

 

Haemanthus  unifoliatus

 

Publications

  • Snijman, D.A. 1984. A revision of the genus Haemanthus (Amarylidaceae). Journal of South African Botany, Suppl. Vol 12: 1-139.

 

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