Brunsvigia Heist.

Dyer, R.A. (1976) The Genera of southern African flowering plants. Vol. 2 (Monocotyledons). Department of Agricultural Technical Services, Pre

Description of the genus

Bulbous herbs; bulbs 2-20 cm in diameter, subterranean, occasionally above ground. Leaves 2-many per season, shape variable, usually broad and prostrate, produced with or after scapes. Flowers few to many in umbels. Peduncle solid to 35 cms; scape caducous for seed dispersal. Perianth zygomorphic or nearly actinomorphic with a short tube; segments spreading, recurved. Fruit dry, 3-angled with loculicidal dehiscence, seed subglobose.

Worldwide: About 20 species, mainly from southern Africa.

Botswana: 1 taxon.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
radulosa Herb.	SE

Other sources of information about Brunsvigia:

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Brunsvigia
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Brunsvigia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Brunsvigia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Brunsvigia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Brunsvigia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Brunsvigia
JSTOR Plant Science: Brunsvigia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Brunsvigia
Plants of the World Online: Brunsvigia
Tropicos: Brunsvigia
Wikipedia: Brunsvigia

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Botswana: Genus page: Brunsvigia.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=2427, retrieved 3 January 2025

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