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Crinum bulbispermum (Orange River lily, Vaal River lily)

Oranjerivierlelie, Vaalrivierlelie, Vleilelie [Afrikaans]; lelutla, mototse [South Sotho]; umnduze [Zulu]

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 > Genus: Crinum

Crinum bulbispermum (Orange River lily, Vaal River lily), growing along the Kliprivier, Gauteng. [images Craig Gibbon ©]

Publications

  • Joffe, P. 2001. Creative Gardening with Indigenous Plants. A South African Guide. Briza Publications, Pretoria. See p. 318.
  • Pooley, E. 1998. A Field Guide to Wild Flowers KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust, Durban. See p. 348.
  • van Wyk, B. & Malan, S. 1997. Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Highveld. 2nd edition. Struik Publishers, Cape Town. See p. 190.

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Text by Hamish Robertson