Brunsvigia
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Brunsvigia is a flowering plant
genus
in the family
Amaryllidaceae
, subfamily Amaryllidoideae. It contains about 20 species
native to South Africa
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Brunsvigia are tender bulbs, winter-growing and summer-dormant, generally flowering in early autumn
. Their flowers are brilliant scarlet, pink, or red. Species include:
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
genus
Genus
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in the family
Family
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Amaryllidaceae
Amaryllidaceae
Amaryllidoideae is the subfamily of flowering plants that takes its name from the genus Amaryllis. It is part of the family Amaryllidaceae, in order Asparagales...
, subfamily Amaryllidoideae. It contains about 20 species
Species
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native to South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
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Brunsvigia are tender bulbs, winter-growing and summer-dormant, generally flowering in early autumn
Autumn
Autumn is one of the four temperate seasons. Autumn marks the transition from summer into winter usually in September or March when the arrival of night becomes noticeably earlier....
. Their flowers are brilliant scarlet, pink, or red. Species include:
- Brunsvigia appendiculata
- Brunsvigia bosmaniae
- Brunsvigia comptonii
- Brunsvigia grandiflora
- Brunsvigia gregaria
- Brunsvigia herrei
- Brunsvigia josephinaeBrunsvigia josephinaeBrunsvigia josephinae, commonly called Josephine's lily or candelabra lily, is a deciduous, subtropical species of Brunsvigia originating from South Africa. It is marked by deep pink to red flowerheads which are about 12 to 15 inches long. It flourishes in medium humidity, at temperatures between...
- Brunsvigia litoralis
- Brunsvigia marginata
- Brunsvigia natalensis
- Brunsvigia orientalis
- Brunsvigia pulchra
- Brunsvigia radula
- Brunsvigia radulosa
- Brunsvigia striata
- Brunsvigia undulata