Genus: Nerine

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

Bulbs contain poisonous alkaloids, but not usually enough to cause death if eaten. Twenty-four species, all endemic to southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

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

Nerine angustifolia (Ribbon-leaved nerine)
Nerine appendiculata (Nerine)
Nerine bowdenii (Large pink nerine)
Nerine filamentosa
Nerine filifolia
Nerine frithii
Nerine gaberonensis
Nerine gibsonii
Nerine gracilis
Nerine hesseoides
Nerine humilis
Nerine huttoniae
Nerine krigei
Nerine laticoma See Flora of Zimbabwe.
Nerine marincowitzii
Nerine masoniorum
Nerine pancratioides (White nerine)
Nerine platypetala
Nerine pudica
Nerine pusilla
Nerine rehmannii
Nerine ridleyi
Nerine sarniensis (Guernsey lily)
Nerine undulata

Publications

• Norris, C.A. 1974. The genus Nerine Part 2. The Nerine Society Bulletin 6: 7-31.

• Traub, H.P. 1967. Review of the genus Nerine. American Plant Life Society, La Jolla, California.