Genus: Brunsvigia (candelabra lilies)

Kandelaar [Afrikaans]

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

Eighteen species, all endemic to southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).

Brunsvigia bosmaniae
Brunsvigia comptonii
Brunsvigia cooperi
Brunsvigia elandsmontana
Brunsvigia grandiflora (Giant candelabra flower)
Brunsvigia gregaria
Brunsvigia herrei
Brunsvigia josephinae
Brunsvigia litoralis
Brunsvigia marginata (Small candelabra flower)
Brunsvigia namaquana
Brunsvigia natalensis (Natal candelabra flower)
Brunsvigia orientalis (Candelabra Flower)
Brunsvigia pulchra
Brunsvigia radula
Brunsvigia radulosa (Candelabra Flower)
Brunsvigia striata [= Brunsvigia minor]
Brunsvigia undulata (Ruby brunsvigia)

Publications

• Barker, W.F. 1963. Two new species of Amaryllidaceae. Journal of South African Botany 29: 163-166.
• Dyer, R.A. 1950. A review of the genus Brunsvigia. Plant Life 6: 63-83.
• Dyer, R.A. 1951. A review of the genus Brunsvigia. Plant Life 7: 44-64.
• Goldblatt, P. 1972. Chromosome cytology in relation to classification in Nerine and Brunsvigia (Amaryllidaceae). Journal of South African Botany 38: 261-275.
• Müller-Doblies, D. and Müller-Doblies, U. 1994. De liliifloris notulae 5. Some new taxa and combinations in the Amaryllidaceae tribe Amaryllideae from arid southern Africa. Feddes Repertorium 105: 331-363.
• Snijman, D.A. 2001. A new species of Brunsvigia (Amaryllidaceae: Amaryllideae) from Western Cape, South Africa. Bothalia 31: 34-37.