Brunsvigia

Brunsvigia is a genus of African flowering plants in the family Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Amaryllidoideae.[3] It contains about 20 species native to southeastern and southern Africa from Tanzania to Cape Province.

Brunsvigia
Brunsvigia josephinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
Genus: Brunsvigia
Heist.[1]
Synonyms[2]

Brunsuigia Heist., alternate spelling

Brunsvigia are tender bulbs, winter-growing and summer-dormant, generally flowering in early autumn. The plants are often gregarious with flowers that are brilliant scarlet, pink, or red. Species:[4][5]

  • Brunsvigia bosmaniae F.M.Leight.
  • Brunsvigia comptonii W.F.Barker
  • Brunsvigia elandsmontana Snijman
  • Brunsvigia gariepensis Snijman
  • Brunsvigia grandiflora Lindl.
  • Brunsvigia gregaria R.A.Dyer
  • Brunsvigia herrei Leight. ex W.F.Barker
  • Brunsvigia josephinae (Delile) Ker Gawl.
  • Brunsvigia kirkii Baker
  • Brunsvigia litoralis R.A.Dyer
  • Brunsvigia marginata (Jacq.) W.T.Aiton
  • Brunsvigia namaquana D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies
  • Brunsvigia natalensis Baker
  • Brunsvigia nervosa (Poir.) ined.
  • Brunsvigia orientalis (L.) Aiton ex Eckl.
  • Brunsvigia pulchra (W.F.Barker) D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies
  • Brunsvigia radula (Jacq.) W.T.Aiton
  • Brunsvigia radulosa Herb.
  • Brunsvigia undulata F.M.Leight.

References
  1. Heister, Lorenz 1755. Geschreibung eines neuen Geschlechts 3.
  2. Tropicos, Brunsvigia Heist.
  3. Stevens, P.F., Angiosperm Phylogeny Website: Asparagales: Amaryllidoideae
  4. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. Sanbi Red List of South African Plants, Species search: Brunsvigia
  • R.A. Dyer, 1950: A review of the genus Brunsvigia. Plant Life 6: 63-83
  • R.A. Dyer, 1951: A review of the genus Brunsvigia. Plant Life 7: 44-64
  • C.A. Smith, 1966: Common names of South African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa No. 35. TheGovernment Printer, Pretoria
  • R.S. Adamson, T.A. Salter (eds.), 1950: Flora of the Cape Peninsula. Juta, Cape Town and Johannesburg
  • J. Manning, P. Goldblatt, 2000: Wild flowers of the fairest Cape. Red Roof Design in association with the Nationalotanical Institute, Cape Town
  • E.G. Rice, R.H. Compton, 1950: Wild flowers of the Cape of Good Hope. The Botanical Society of SA, Cape Town
  • A. Pauw, S. Johnson, 1999: Table Mountain: a natural history. Fernwood Press
  • G.D. Duncan, 2000: Grow bulbs. Kirstenbosch Gardening Series, National Botanical Institute, Cape Town
  • G.D. Duncan, 2002: Grow nerines. Kirstenbosch Gardening Series, National Botanical Institute, Cape Town


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