''Lachenalia'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
bulb
In botany, a bulb is a short underground stem with fleshy leaves or leaf basesBell, A.D. 1997. ''Plant form: an illustrated guide to flowering plant morphology''. Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K. that function as food storage organs duri ...
ous
perennial plant
In horticulture, the term perennial (''wikt:per-#Prefix, per-'' + ''wikt:-ennial#Suffix, -ennial'', "through the year") is used to differentiate a plant from shorter-lived annual plant, annuals and biennial plant, biennials. It has thus been d ...
s in the family
Asparagaceae
Asparagaceae (), known as the asparagus family, is a family of flowering plants, placed in the order Asparagales of the monocots. The family name is based on the edible garden asparagus, '' Asparagus officinalis''. This family includes both ...
, subfamily
Scilloideae
Scilloideae (named after the genus ''Scilla'', "squill") is a subfamily of bulbous plants within the family ''Asparagaceae''. Scilloideae is sometimes treated as a separate family Hyacinthaceae, named after the genus ''Hyacinth (plant), Hyacinthus ...
, which are usually found in
Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the no ...
and
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...
. Most of them have a dormancy period, but new
root
In vascular plants, the roots are the plant organ, organs of a plant that are modified to provide anchorage for the plant and take in water and nutrients into the plant body, which allows plants to grow taller and faster. They are most often bel ...
s will always grow every year.
''Lachenalia'' is named after the Swiss botanist Werner de Lachenal (1736-1800). Species are sometimes known as Cape cowslip, though they are not even somewhat related to the true cowslip ''
Primula veris
''Primula veris'', the cowslip, common cowslip, or cowslip primrose (syn. ''Primula officinalis'' John Hill (author), ), is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the Primula vulgaris, primrose family (biology), family Primulaceae. The specie ...
''.
Species
, the ''Plants of the World Online'' accepted 136 species:
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Lachenalia alba''
W.F.Barker ex G.D.Duncan
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Lachenalia algoensis''
Schönland
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Lachenalia aloides''
(L.f.) Engl.
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Lachenalia ameliae
''Lachenalia'' is a genus of bulbous perennial plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae, which are usually found in Namibia and South Africa. Most of them have a dormancy period, but new roots will always grow every year.
''Lache ...
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W.F.Barker
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Lachenalia angelica''
W.F.Barker
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Lachenalia anguinea
''Lachenalia'' is a genus of bulbous perennial plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae, which are usually found in Namibia and South Africa. Most of them have a dormancy period, but new roots will always grow every year.
''Lache ...
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Sweet
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Lachenalia arbuthnotiae''
W.F.Barker
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Lachenalia attenuata
''Lachenalia'' is a genus of bulbous perennial plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae, which are usually found in Namibia and South Africa. Most of them have a dormancy period, but new roots will always grow every year.
''Lache ...
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W.F.Barker ex G.D.Duncan
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Lachenalia aurioliae
''Lachenalia'' is a genus of bulbous perennial plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae, which are usually found in Namibia and South Africa. Most of them have a dormancy period, but new roots will always grow every year.
''Lache ...
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G.D.Duncan
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Lachenalia bachmannii
''Lachenalia'' is a genus of bulbous perennial plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae, which are usually found in Namibia and South Africa. Most of them have a dormancy period, but new roots will always grow every year.
''Lache ...
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Baker
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Lachenalia barkeriana
''Lachenalia'' is a genus of bulbous perennial plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae, which are usually found in Namibia and South Africa. Most of them have a dormancy period, but new roots will always grow every year.
''Lache ...
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U.Müll.-Doblies
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Lachenalia bolusii
''Lachenalia'' is a genus of bulbous perennial plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae, which are usually found in Namibia and South Africa. Most of them have a dormancy period, but new roots will always grow every year.
''Lache ...
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W.F.Barker
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Lachenalia bowkeri
''Lachenalia'' is a genus of bulbous perennial plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae, which are usually found in Namibia and South Africa. Most of them have a dormancy period, but new roots will always grow every year.
''Lache ...
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Baker
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Lachenalia buchubergensis
''Lachenalia'' is a genus of bulbous perennial plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae, which are usually found in Namibia and South Africa. Most of them have a dormancy period, but new roots will always grow every year.
''Lache ...
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Dinter
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Lachenalia bulbifera
''Lachenalia bulbifera'', syn. ''L. pendula'', is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to the Western Cape of South Africa. It is a bulbous perennial growing to tall by broad, with strap-shaped spotted leaves and fl ...
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(Cirillo) Engl.
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Lachenalia campanulata
''Lachenalia'' is a genus of bulbous perennial plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae, which are usually found in Namibia and South Africa. Most of them have a dormancy period, but new roots will always grow every year.
''Lache ...
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Baker
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Lachenalia capensis
''Lachenalia'' is a genus of bulbous perennial plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae, which are usually found in Namibia and South Africa. Most of them have a dormancy period, but new roots will always grow every year.
''Lache ...
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W.F.Barker
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Lachenalia carnosa
''Lachenalia carnosa'' is a species of geophyte in the genus '' Lachenalia''. It is endemic to the Northern Cape and Western Cape. It is also known by the names Namakwa- persviooltjie (Afrikaans for small purple Namaqua violin) and flesh viooltji ...
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Baker
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Lachenalia cernua
''Lachenalia'' is a genus of bulbous perennial plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae, which are usually found in Namibia and South Africa. Most of them have a dormancy period, but new roots will always grow every year.
''Lache ...
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G.D.Duncan
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Lachenalia comptonii
''Lachenalia'' is a genus of bulbous perennial plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae, which are usually found in Namibia and South Africa. Most of them have a dormancy period, but new roots will always grow every year.
''Lache ...
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W.F.Barker
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Lachenalia concordiana''
Schltr. ex W.F.Barker
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Lachenalia congesta''
W.F.Barker
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Lachenalia contaminata''
Aiton
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Lachenalia convallarioides''
Baker
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Lachenalia corymbosa''
(L.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
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Lachenalia dasybotrya''
Diels
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Lachenalia dehoopensis''
W.F.Barker
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Lachenalia doleritica''
G.D.Duncan
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Lachenalia duncanii''
W.F.Barker
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Lachenalia elegans''
W.F.Barker
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Lachenalia ensifolia''
(Thunb.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
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Lachenalia fistulosa
''Lachenalia'' is a genus of bulbous perennial plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae, which are usually found in Namibia and South Africa. Most of them have a dormancy period, but new roots will always grow every year.
''Lache ...
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Baker
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Lachenalia flava
''Lachenalia flava'', the golden opal flower, is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''Lachenalia'' native to the southwest Cape Provinces of South Africa. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
References ''
Andrews
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Lachenalia framesii''
W.F.Barker
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Lachenalia giessii''
W.F.Barker
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Lachenalia glaucophylla''
W.F.Barker
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Lachenalia haarlemensis''
Fourc.
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Lachenalia hirta''
(Thunb.) Thunb.
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Lachenalia inconspicua''
G.D.Duncan
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Lachenalia isopetala''
Jacq.
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Lachenalia juncifolia''
Baker
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Lachenalia karooica''
W.F.Barker ex G.D.Duncan
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Lachenalia klinghardtiana''
Dinter
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Lachenalia kliprandensis''
W.F.Barker
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Lachenalia lactosa''
G.D.Duncan
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Lachenalia latimerae''
W.F.Barker
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Lachenalia leipoldtii''
G.D.Duncan
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Lachenalia leomontana''
W.F.Barker
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Lachenalia liliiflora''
Jacq.
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Lachenalia longibracteata''
E.Phillips
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Lachenalia longituba''
(A.M.van der Merwe) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
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Lachenalia lutea''
G.D.Duncan
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Lachenalia luteola''
Jacq.
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Lachenalia lutzeyeri''
G.D.Duncan
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Lachenalia macgregoriorum''
W.F.Barker
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Lachenalia margaretae''
W.F.Barker
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Lachenalia marginata''
W.F.Barker
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Lachenalia marlothii''
W.F.Barker ex G.D.Duncan
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Lachenalia martiniae''
W.F.Barker
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Lachenalia mathewsii''
W.F.Barker
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Lachenalia maughanii''
(W.F.Barker) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
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Lachenalia maximiliani''
Schltr. ex W.F.Barker
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Lachenalia mediana''
Jacq.
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Lachenalia minima''
W.F.Barker
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Lachenalia moniliformis''
W.F.Barker
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Lachenalia montana''
Schltr. ex W.F.Barker
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Lachenalia multifolia''
W.F.Barker
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Lachenalia mutabilis''
Lodd. ex Sweet
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Lachenalia namaquensis''
W.F.Barker
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Lachenalia namibiensis''
W.F.Barker
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Lachenalia nardousbergensis''
G.D.Duncan
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Lachenalia neilii''
W.F.Barker ex G.D.Duncan
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Lachenalia nervosa''
Ker Gawl.
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Lachenalia nutans''
G.D.Duncan
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Lachenalia obscura''
Schltr. ex G.D.Duncan
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Lachenalia orchioides''
(L.) Aiton
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Lachenalia orthopetala''
Jacq.
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Lachenalia pallida''
Aiton
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Lachenalia patula''
Jacq.
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Lachenalia paucifolia''
(W.F.Barker) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
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Lachenalia pearsonii''
(R.Glover) W.F.Barker
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Lachenalia peersii''
Marloth ex W.F.Barker
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Lachenalia perryae''
G.D.Duncan
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Lachenalia physocaulos''
W.F.Barker
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Lachenalia polyphylla''
Baker
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Lachenalia polypodantha''
Schltr. ex W.F.Barker
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Lachenalia punctata''
Jacq.
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Lachenalia purpureocaerulea''
Jacq.
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Lachenalia pusilla''
Jacq.
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Lachenalia quadricolor''
Jacq.
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Lachenalia reflexa
''Lachenalia'' is a genus (biology), genus of bulbous perennial plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae, which are usually found in Namibia and South Africa. Most of them have a dormancy period, but new roots will always grow eve ...
''
Thunb.
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Lachenalia rosea''
Andrews
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Lachenalia salteri''
W.F.Barker
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Lachenalia sargeantii''
W.F.Barker
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Lachenalia schelpei''
W.F.Barker
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Lachenalia schlechteri''
Baker
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Lachenalia sessiliflora''
Andrews
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Lachenalia splendida''
Diels
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Lachenalia stayneri''
W.F.Barker
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Lachenalia thomasiae''
W.F.Barker ex G.D.Duncan
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Lachenalia trichophylla''
Baker
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Lachenalia undulata''
Masson ex Baker
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Lachenalia unifolia''
Jacq.
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Lachenalia valeriae''
G.D.Duncan
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Lachenalia variegata''
W.F.Barker
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Lachenalia ventricosa''
Schltr. ex W.F.Barker
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Lachenalia verticillata''
W.F.Barker
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Lachenalia violacea''
Jacq.
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Lachenalia viridiflora''
W.F.Barker
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Lachenalia whitehillensis''
W.F.Barker
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Lachenalia wrightii''
Baker
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Lachenalia xerophila''
Schltr. ex G.D.Duncan
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Lachenalia youngii''
Baker in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.)
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Lachenalia zebrina''
W.F.Barker
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Lachenalia zeyheri''
Baker
In addition, ''
Lachenalia nordenstamii''
W.F.Barker was listed as "threatened" in the 2006 IUCN Red List, but the name was not accepted by the ''World Checklist of Selected Plant Families''.
Cultivation
Several species are cultivated as garden plants. The following have gained the
Royal Horticultural Society
The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), founded in 1804 as the Horticultural Society of London, is the UK's leading gardening charity.
The RHS promotes horticulture through its five gardens at Wisley (Surrey), Hyde Hall (Essex), Harlow Carr ...
's
Award of Garden Merit
The Award of Garden Merit (AGM) is a long-established award for plants by the British Royal Horticultural Society (RHS). It is based on assessment of the plants' performance under UK growing conditions.
It includes the full range of cultivated p ...
.
*''Lachenalia'' 'Rupert'
*''Lachenalia bulbifera'' 'George'
*''Lachenalia contaminata''
*''Lachenalia corymbosa''
*''Lachenalia flava''
*''Lachenalia pustulata''
*''Lachenalia quadricolor''
*''Lachenalia vanzyliae''
*''Lachenalia viridiflora''
Gallery
Image:Lachenalia aloides KirstenboschBotGard09292010A.jpg, '' Lachenalia aloides'', Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden
Image:Lachenalia bulbifera, habitus, Kirstenbosch NBT.jpg, ''Lachenalia bulbifera
''Lachenalia bulbifera'', syn. ''L. pendula'', is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to the Western Cape of South Africa. It is a bulbous perennial growing to tall by broad, with strap-shaped spotted leaves and fl ...
'', Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden
Image:Lachenalia corymbosa at Harlow Carr.jpg, '' Lachenalia corymbosa'', Harlow Carr
Harlow is a town and local government district located in the west of Essex, England. Founded as a new town in 1947, it is situated on the border with Hertfordshire, and occupies a large area of land on the south bank of the upper Stort Valle ...
Image:Lachenalia liliflora1a.UME.jpg, '' Lachenalia liliflora''
Image:Polyxena longituba1.jpg, '' Lachenalia longituba''
Image:Lachenalia maughanii00.jpg, '' Lachenalia maughanii'', Nieuwoudtville
Nieuwoudtville is a town in Namakwa District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The town lies on the Bokkeveld Group, Bokkeveld Escarpment, and was established in 1897. The Nieuwoudtville Falls on the Doring River are lo ...
, South Africa
Image:Lachenalia orchioides (hyacinthaceae).JPG, '' Lachenalia orchioides''
Image:Lachenalia pustulata 1.jpg, '' Lachenalia pustulata''
Image:Lachenalia aloides var. quadricolor (3).jpg, '' Lachenalia quadricolor''
Image:Lachenalia zeyheri KirstenboschBotGard09292010A.JPG, '' Lachenalia zeyheri'', Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden
References
Bibliography
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External links
Pacific Bulb Society: ''Lachenalia''
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Asparagaceae genera
Flora of Southern Africa