Nerine
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| Nerine | |
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| Nerine bowdenii | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| clade: | Angiosperms |
| clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Amaryllidoideae |
| Genus: | Nerine Herb. |
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Nerine (
/nɨˈraɪniː/)[1] is a genus of plants belonging to the Amaryllidaceae family, subfamily Amaryllidoideae[2] Native to South Africa, there are about 30 different species in the genus. Nerine have been widely cultivated and much hybridized and are now spread world wide.
It is a bulb plant, with each bulb being about 3–5 cm in diameter. In late winter and spring the plant produces several strap-shaped, dull green leaves, about 20 cm long and 1 cm broad, arranged in two rows. The leaves die down by late spring and the bulb is then dormant until late summer.
In fall each bulb produces a single naked stem about 30 cm tall which bears a cluster of 2 to 12 funnel-shaped pink flowers at their tops. Each flower is about 4 cm diameter.
Overall the plant has similar growing characteristics to the Belladonna Lily, though it is much smaller. Another similar plant is the Lycoris.
The Nerines are a New Zealand band which is named after this flower.
[edit] List of species
[edit] References
- ^ Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607
- ^ .Stevens, P.F. (2001 onwards), Angiosperm Phylogeny Website: Asparagales: Amaryllidoideae, http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/orders/asparagalesweb.htm#AllAma
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