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African Plant Database

Nerine Herb.

Family : AMARYLLIDACEAE

Species

Nerine alta W. F. Barker Nerine angulata L. Bolus Nerine angustifolia (Baker) Baker Nerine appendiculata Baker Nerine bowdenii subsp. wellsii C. A. Norris Nerine bowdenii Watson Nerine brachystemon Baker Nerine breachiae W. F. Barker Nerine curvifolia Jacq. Nerine duparquetiana (Baill.) Baker Nerine falcata W. F. Barker Nerine filamentosa W. F. Barker Nerine filifolia Baker Nerine filifolia var. parviflora W. F. Barker Nerine flexuosa (Jacq.) Herb. Nerine frithii L. Bolus Nerine gaberonensis Bremek. & Oberm. Nerine gibsonii Douglas Nerine gracilis R. A. Dyer Nerine hesseoides L. Bolus Nerine humilis (Jacq.) Herb. Nerine huttoniae Schönland Nerine krigei W. F. Barker Nerine laticoma (Ker Gawl.) T. Durand & Schinz Nerine lucida (Herb.) Herb. Nerine marginata (Jacq.) Herb. Nerine marincowitzii Snijman Nerine marincowitzii Snijman Nerine masoniorum L. Bolus Nerine pancratioides Baker Nerine parviflora (W. F. Barker) Traub Nerine peersii W. F. Barker Nerine platypetala McNeil Nerine pudica Hook. f. Nerine pulchella Herb. Nerine pulchella var. angustifolia Baker Nerine pusilla Dinter Nerine rehmannii (Baker) L. Bolus Nerine ridleyi E. Phillips Nerine sarniensis (L.) Herb. Nerine schlechteri Baker Nerine transvaalensis L. Bolus Nerine tulbaghensis W. F. Barker Nerine undulata (L.) Herb. Nerine veitchii Hort. Nerine ×versicolor Herb. More species (41)

Status

Status for NA : accepted (present)

Status for SA : accepted (present)

Status for TA : accepted (present)

Ecology and distribution

Trop. Afr.

Ecology : c. 25 species. Some species are very variable. Identification difficult due to intergradations between species. In urgent need of revision.   important in horticulture because of its colourful long-lasting flowers. N. sarniensis (L.) Herb. is cultivated in Europe since at least 1634 (Duncan in Bot. Mag. 26: 200, 2009)   A southern African genus

Bibliography for Tropical Africa : LEBRUN, J. P. & A. L. STORK (1995). Enumération des plantes à fleurs d’Afrique tropicale. Monocotyledones: Limnocharitaceae à Poaceae. Énum. Pl. Fleurs Afr. Trop. 3: 85 Trop. Afr. Flow. Plants (Ecol. Distr.) 7: 240 (2012). Bibliography for North Africa : Dobignard, A. & C. Chatelain (2013). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du Nord. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques Ville de Genève. hors-série. 5: 382

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see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative

see under The Euro-Mediterranean Plant Base

see under Herbarium, North Africa MPU

Map

Record n°192976 modified 2008-12-27

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