Taxon: Agapanthus africanus (L.) Hoffmanns.

Genus:

Agapanthus

Family:

Amaryllidaceae

Subfamily:

Agapanthoideae

Nomen number:

1658

Place of publication:

Verz. Pfl.-Kult. 35. 1824

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

03-jul-2007 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 28-jul-2010

Species priority site is:

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Synonyms:

(≡) Abumon africanum (L.) Britton
(=) Agapanthus umbellatus LʼHér.
(=) Crinum africanum L.

Common names:

African-lily (Source: Dict Gard) - English
blue agapanthus (Source: Hortus 3) - English
blue-lily (Source: Med Pl SAfr) - English
lily-of-the-Nile (Source: Dict Gard) - English
bloulelie (Source: Med Pl SAfr) - Afrikaans

Economic Importance:

Environmental: ornamental (fide Dict Gard; Eur Gard F; Gen Agapanthus)

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa [Western Cape]

Cultivated

(also cult.)

References:

Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14. 2003 (Pl SAfr ed2)
Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 (Dict Gard)
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium Hortus third. 1976 (Hortus 3)
Wyk, B.-E. van et al. Medicinal plants of South Africa. 2009 (Med Pl SAfr)

Check other web resources for Agapanthus africanus (L.) Hoffmanns. :

SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=1658. Accessed 26 abril 2024.