Amaryllidaceae

Agapanthus

Agapanthus

Ammocharis

Ammocharis

Genus of bulbous geophytes in the family Amaryllidaceae, native to sub-Saharan and southern Africa. They produce large umbels of fragrant pink or red flowers above strap-like leaves. Grow in seasonally dry sandy soils with a summer rest period. Several species are medicinal in African ethnobotany.

Boophone

Boophone

Genus of bulbous geophytes in the family Amaryllidaceae, native to sub-Saharan and southern Africa. Produce enormous partly exposed bulbs and very showy umbels of pink or reddish flowers. Highly toxic — contain lycorine alkaloids. The San and Khoikhoi used them as arrow poison and in traditional medicine.

Brunsvigia

Brunsvigia

Genus of spectacular bulbous geophytes in the family Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Amaryllidoideae, native to South Africa, Namibia and parts of eastern Africa. They produce enormous bulbs and umbels of red, pink or orange flowers that can reach 50 cm in diameter. After flowering, the floral scape detaches and rolls like tumbleweed dispersing the seeds. They are slow-growing plants highly prized in horticulture.

Callithauma

Callithauma

A small or monotypic genus of bulbous geophytes in the family Amaryllidaceae, native to the South American Andes. The taxonomy of this genus is debated; some authorities treat it as a synonym of Stenomesson or Clinanthus. They produce tubular flowers in umbels on scapose stems.

Clivia

Clivia

Crinum

Crinum

Gastronema

Gastronema

Monospecific genus of family Amaryllidaceae, native to the Western Cape of South Africa. Produces bulbs and tubular reddish flowers in umbels.

Gethyllis

Gethyllis

Griffinia

Griffinia

Habranthus

Habranthus

Haemanthus

Haemanthus

Genus of bulbous plants in family Amaryllidaceae, native mainly to southern and eastern Africa. Known as "blood lilies" for their striking red, orange, or white spadix-like inflorescences. Tunicate bulbs producing 1–2 pairs of large fleshy leaves.

Hessea

Hessea

Hippeastrum

Hippeastrum

Genus of bulbous plants from tropical and subtropical America (mainly South America). Large, showy flowers in umbels of 2-6 flowers. Widely cultivated as ornamentals worldwide, especially as indoor plants during the Christmas period in the northern hemisphere. Comprises around 90 wild species and hundreds of horticultural hybrids.

Hymenocallis

Hymenocallis

Lycoris

Lycoris

Monella

Monella

Historical genus of the family Amaryllidaceae, currently referred to Gastronema or Cyrtanthus. Monella spiralis is a bulbous plant from southern Africa with spiralling leaves, flowering after late-summer rains. The name was proposed by Herb. but has not been widely accepted as an independent genus in modern taxonomy.

Monothylaceum

Monothylaceum

Historical genus of the family Amaryllidaceae, described by G. Don in 1835, currently considered a synonym of Haemanthus. Monothylaceum gordonii corresponds to Haemanthus coccineus, known as the October lily or blood flower, a winter-growing bulbous plant from the Cape of Good Hope with showy scarlet inflorescences.

Nerine

Nerine

Pancratium

Pancratium

Genus of bulbous plants in the family Amaryllidaceae native to the Mediterranean basin, North Africa, and southwest Asia. They produce striking white flowers with a corona and reflexed tepals, strongly scented, on robust scapes. Salt and wind tolerant, common on coastal dunes and beaches.