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Taxon:
Agapanthus africanus
(L.) Hoffmanns.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Agapanthus
Family:
Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:
Agapanthoideae
Nomen number:
1658
Place of publication:
Verz. Pfl.-Kult. 35. 1824
Verified:
07/03/2007
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Crinum africanum
L.
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Abumon africanum
(L.) Britton
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Agapanthus umbellatus
LʼHér.
Agapanthus umbellatus
LʼHér. var.
umbellatus
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Reference(s)
Encke, F. et al.
1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
Encke, F. et al.
1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
Encke, F.
1958-1961. Pareys Blumengaertnerei, ed. 2.
Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds.
2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14
Gibbs Russell, G. E. et al.
1985, 1987. List of species of Southern African plants, ed. 2. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa
Note:
v. 51. 1985; v. 56. 1987
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Leighton, F. M.
1939. The history of botanical exploration for amaryllids in South Africa. Herbertia 6:105.
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
Snoeijer, W.
2004.
Agapanthus
: a revision of the genus 64.
Walters, S. M. et al., eds.
1986-2000. European garden flora.
Wyk, B.-E. van et al.
2009. Medicinal plants of South Africa
Note:
Briza Publications, Pretoria, South Africa
Common names
English
African-lily –
Reference(s)
blue agapanthus –
Reference(s)
blue-lily –
Reference(s)
lily-of-the-Nile –
Reference(s)
Afrikaans
bloulelie –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
Western Cape
2
Cultivated
also cult.
Native
Africa
SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa
[Western Cape]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
ornamental
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Environmental
ornamental
Walters, S. M. et al., eds.
1986-2000. European garden flora.
Environmental
ornamental
Snoeijer, W.
2004.
Agapanthus
: a revision of the genus 64.
Name
References