KAVB
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The Koninklijke Algemeene Vereniging voor Bloembollencultuur, translated from Dutch as the Royal General Association for Bulb Culture, but more commonly known world-wide by the acronym of KAVB, is a trade association for the bulb
horticulture
sector, and was established in 1860. The association has a rural organization, within which regional groups and departments are active.
(ICRA
) for all Bulbous, corm
ous and tuberous-rooted ornamental plant
s, excluding Dahlia
Cav., Lilium
L., Narcissus L., Nerine
Herb. and various Australian genera (1955)
The full list is as follows:
Bulb
A bulb is a short stem with fleshy leaves or leaf bases. The leaves often function as food storage organs during dormancy.A bulb's leaf bases, known as scales, generally do not support leaves, but contain food reserves to enable the plant to survive adverse conditions. At the center of the bulb is...
horticulture
Horticulture
Horticulture is the industry and science of plant cultivation including the process of preparing soil for the planting of seeds, tubers, or cuttings. Horticulturists work and conduct research in the disciplines of plant propagation and cultivation, crop production, plant breeding and genetic...
sector, and was established in 1860. The association has a rural organization, within which regional groups and departments are active.
Mission
The main activities of the association is its collective protection of members interests, and knowledge - and provision of information, and specialized service.Membership
The KAVB has approximately 2,200 members. Most of the members are independent entrepreneurs active in the introduction, production and trade of bulbs and bulbous flowers. The association represents the majority of participants in the Netherlands participating in the bulb sector.Bulb sector
The bulb sector in the Netherlands has a strong position on the world market. Approximately 70% of the world's production and 75% of the trade are realized in the Netherlands. Moreover the production of bulbs and bulbous flowers abroad is mostly in Dutch hands. At the rural secretariat of the KAVB 20 employees are operative. The majority have daily contacts with members, and governments. Regional secretaries support the association work for the departments and groups in the various regions.International Cultivar Registration Authority (ICRA)
The KAVB acts as the International Cultivar Registration AuthorityInternational Cultivar Registration Authority
An International Cultivation Registration Authority is an organization responsible for ensuring that each plant cultivar receives a unique, authoritative botanical name....
(ICRA
ICRA
ICRA can refer to:* ICRA Limited, an Indian credit ratings agency* Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968, a United States Act regarding civil rights of American Indians/Native Americans...
) for all Bulbous, corm
Corm
A corm is a short, vertical, swollen underground plant stem that serves as a storage organ used by some plants to survive winter or other adverse conditions such as summer drought and heat ....
ous and tuberous-rooted ornamental plant
Ornamental plant
Ornamental plants are plants that are grown for decorative purposes in gardens and landscape design projects, as house plants, for cut flowers and specimen display...
s, excluding Dahlia
Dahlia
Dahlia is a genus of bushy, tuberous, perennial plants native to Mexico, Central America, and Colombia. There are at least 36 species of dahlia, some like D. imperialis up to 10 metres tall. Dahlia hybrids are commonly grown as garden plants...
Cav., Lilium
Lilium
Lilium is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants growing from bulbs. Most species are native to the temperate northern hemisphere, though the range extends into the northern subtropics...
L., Narcissus L., Nerine
Nerine
Nerine is a genus of plants belonging to the Amaryllidaceae family, subfamily Amaryllidoideae 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....
Herb. and various Australian genera (1955)
The full list is as follows:
- AlbucaHyacinthaceaeScilloideae is a subfamily of the monocot family Asparagaceae in the order Asparagales. The Scilloideae are bulbous flowering plants, which have sometimes been placed in a separate family, the Hyacinthaceae. The subfamily name is derived from the generic name of the type genus, Scilla...
L. - AlliumAlliumAllium is a monocot genus of flowering plants, informally referred to as the onion genus. The generic name Allium is the Latin word for garlic....
L. - AlophiaAlophiaAlophia is a small genus of perennial, herbaceous and bulbous plants in the iris family . The genus comprise five species that occur from center and southern North America to Brazil and Argentina. The genus is closely related to Herbertia, Cypella and Tigridia, differentiating from them by some...
Herb. - Alrawia (Wendelbo) K. Persson & Wendelbo
- AlstroemeriaAlstroemeriaAlstroemeria , commonly called the Peruvian Lily or Lily of the Incas, is a South American genus of about 120 species of flowering plants. Almost all of the species are restricted to one of two distinct centers of diversity, one in central Chile, the other in eastern Brazil...
L. - Amarcrinum Coutts
- Amarine Sealy
- Amarygia Cif. & Giacom.
- AmaryllisAmaryllisAmaryllis is a small genus of flowering bulbs, with two species. The better known of the two, Amaryllis belladonna, is a native of South Africa, particularly the rocky southwest region near the Cape...
L. - AmmocharisAmmocharisAmmocharis is a genus in the Amaryllidaceae family which includes 6 species distributed in Africa. The plant grows as a succulent, above-ground bulb, preferring seasonally wet, hot, sandy soils and full sun.-Species:...
Herb. - Amphisiphon W. F. Barker
- Ancrumia Harv. ex Baker
- Androcymbium Willd.
- Androsiphon Schltr.
- AnemoneAnemoneAnemone , is a genus of about 120 species of flowering plants in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae in the north and south temperate zones...
L. - Anomatheca Ker Gawl.
- Antholyza L.
- BabianaBabianaBabiana Ker Gawler is a genus of flowering plants in the Family Iridaceae composed of about 80 species. Most of these species are found in the southwestern Cape of Africa, with the remainder distributed in Namaqualand and Northern Cape Province...
Ker Gawl. ex Sims - BaeometraBaeometraBaeometra is a monotypic genus in the family Colchicaceae. It is native to southern Africa, where it is commonly called beetle lily due to the dark markings on the tepals...
Salisb. ex Endl. - Belamcanda Adans.
- BellevaliaBellevaliaBellevalia is a genus of plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae....
Lapeyr. - BesseraBesseraBessera is a genus of plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Brodiaeoideae. A small genus of mostly herbaceous flowering plants with corms, they are perennials native to Mexico...
Schult. f. - BloomeriaBloomeriaBloomeria, a geophyte in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Brodiaeoideae,, was named for H. G. Bloomer an early San Francisco botanist. It consists of three species of California and Baja California:* Bloomeria clevelandii S. Watson...
Kellogg - BobartiaBobartiaBobartia is a genus of perennial, herbaceous and bulbous plants in the iris family . The genus comprises 15 species distributed in South Africa. The genus name is a tribute to German botanist Jakob Bobart.-List of species:...
L. - BomareaBomareaBomarea is one of the two major genera in the plant family Alstroemeriaceae. Most occur in the Andes. Several species are occasionally found as garden plants....
Mirb. - Boophane Herb.
- BowieaBowieaBowiea is a bulbous genus of perennial, succulent plants which thrive in dry and desert regions of South Africa and America. The plants have many overlapping scales, which form a tight, pale green, spherical bulb that grows to 8 in above the soil, sending up a twining fresh-green branched stem...
Harv. ex Hook. f. - BrimeuraBrimeuraBrimeura is a genus of bulb-forming, monocotyledonous plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae, native to southern Europe and certain islands of the western Mediterranean. It contains the following species :...
Salisb. - BrodiaeaBrodiaeaBrodiaea is a monocot genus of flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Brodiaeoideae, also known by the common name cluster-lilies...
Sm. - Brunscrinum anon.
- Brunserine Traub
- BrunsvigiaBrunsvigiaBrunsvigia is a flowering plant genus in the family Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Amaryllidoideae. It contains about 20 species native to South Africa....
Heist. - BulbineBulbineBulbine is a genus of plants in the family Xanthorrhoeaceae, subfamily Asphodeloideae, named for the bulb-shaped tuber shown by many of the species...
Wolf - BulbinellaBulbinellaBulbinella is a genus of plant in the family Xanthorrhoeaceae, subfamily Asphodeloideae. Most species are endemic to South Africa, confined to the winter rainfall area with a few in New Zealand where they are most common in the central Otago region which enjoys a similar climate to the Cape Region...
Kunth - Bulbocodium L.
- CaliphruriaCaliphruriaCaliphruria is a genus of herbaceous, perennial and bulbous plants in the Amaryllis family . It consists of four species distributed in tropical regions of South America, three of them are endemic to Colombia. This genus is closely related with the genera Eucharis and Urceolina, all of them known...
Herb. - CallaCallaCalla is a genus of flowering plant in the family Araceae, containing the single species Calla palustris...
L. - CalochortusCalochortusCalochortus is a genus of bulbous plants that includes 70 species from British Columbia to Guatemala and east to Nebraska. Calochortus is the most widely dispersed genus of Liliaceae on the North American Pacific coast. Of these, 28 species are endemic to California...
Pursh - CaloscordumCaloscordumCaloscordum is a genus that consists of five species of perennials native to China. The botanical name comes from the Greek, kalos means beautiful and skordon means garlic...
Herb. - CamassiaCamassiaCamassia is a genus of six species native to western North America, from southern British Columbia to northern California, and east to Utah, Wyoming and Montana...
Lindl. - Camptorrhiza Hutch.
- Canna L.Canna (plant)Canna is a genus of nineteen species of flowering plants. The closest living relations to cannas are the other plant families of the order Zingiberales, that is the gingers, bananas, marantas, heliconias, strelitzias, etc.Canna is the only genus in the family Cannaceae...
- ChasmantheChasmantheChasmanthe is a genus of flowering plants in the iris familywhich originate from South Africa. In their native habitat the flowers are pollinated by sunbirds...
N. E. Br. - ChionodoxaChionodoxaChionodoxa ' is a small genus of bulbous perennials in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae. The genus is endemic to the eastern Mediterranean region, specifically Crete, Cyprus and Turkey. The blue, white or pink flowers appear early in the year making them valuable garden ornamentals...
Boiss. - Chionoscilla J. Allen ex G. Nicholson
- ChlidanthusChlidanthusChlidanthus is a genus that consists of 10 species of tender bulbs from tropical South America, mostly natives to the Andes. The botanical name comes from the Greek, meaning "delicate flower". The plants have large spherical bulbs with gray-green, strap-shaped leaves 30cm long arising from the base...
Herb. - Chlorogalum Kunth
- ColchicumColchicumColchicum is a genus of flowering plants containing around sixty species of perennial plants which grow from corms. It is a member of family Colchicaceae, and is native to West Asia, Europe and parts of the Mediterranean coast....
L. - CorydalisCorydalisCorydalis is a genus of about 470 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the fumewort family , native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere and the high mountains of tropical eastern Africa...
DC. - CrinumCrinumCrinum is a genus of about 180 species of perennial plants that have large showy flowers on leafless stems, and develop from bulbs. They are found along the sides of streams and lakes in tropical and subtropical areas worldwide, including South Africa....
L. - CrocosmiaCrocosmiaCrocosmia is a small perennial genus in the iris family Iridaceae, native to the grasslands of Cape Floristic Region, South Africa.They can be evergreen or deciduous perennial herbs, that grow from basal underground corms. The basal, alternate leaves are cauline and distichous...
Planch. - CrocusCrocusCrocus is a genus in the iris family comprising about 80 species of perennials growing from corms. Many are cultivated for their flowers appearing in autumn, winter, or spring...
L. - CurculigoCurculigoCurculigo is a flowering plant genus in the family Hypoxidaceae....
Gaertn. - Cybistetes Milne-Redh. & Schweick.
- CypellaCypellaCypella is a genus of herbaceous, perennial and bulbous plants in the Iris family . It comprises about 22 species distributed in South America, from Peru and Brazil to Northern Argentina...
Herb. - CyrtanthusCyrtanthusCyrtanthus is a genus of perennial, herbaceous and bulbous plants in the Amaryllis family . This highly ornamental genus encompasses about 60 species...
Aiton - Daubenya Lindl.
- DichelostemmaDichelostemmaDichelostemma is a genus of seven species of flowering plants in the order Asparagales. The genus is native to the western United States, especially in northern California, but also east to Utah and north to Oregon and southern Washington....
Kunth - DieramaDieramaDierama is a genus in the Iridaceae. Its common names are not stably established, but various species are loosely known by names such as as Fairy's Fishing Rods, Fairy's Wands, Fairy Bells, Wedding Bells, Hairbells, Harebells...
K. Koch - DietesDietesDietes is a genus of rhizomatous plants of the family Iridaceae. Common names include Fortnight lily, African iris, Morea or Moraea iris, Japanese iris and Butterfly iris, each of which may be used differently in different regions for one or more of the four species within the genus.Most species...
Salisb. ex Klatt - Dipcadi Medik.
- DrimiaDrimiaDrimia is a genus of flowering plants. In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae . The genus includes Urginea....
Jacq. ex Willd. - DrimiopsisDrimiopsisDrimiopsis is a genus of African bulbous perennial herbs in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae. Sometimes species are placed under the genus Ledebouria.-External links:* Drimiopsis info at the pacific bulb society ....
Lindl. & Paxton - Elisena Herb.
- EranthisEranthisEranthis is a genus of eight species of flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae , native to southern Europe and east across Asia to Japan....
Salisb. - EremurusEremurusEremurus is a genus of 35-40 deciduous perennial flowers, also known as the foxtail lilies or desert candles. The inflorescence looks similar to a long spike or a bottlebrush. It consists of many flowers in copper, bright yellow, snow white, pastel pink, orange or any combination of those colors....
M. Bieb. - ErythroniumErythroniumErythronium is a genus of 20-30 species of spring-flowering perennial plants with long, tooth-like bulbs and attractive pendant flowers, native to forest and meadow in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.-Species:-Uses:The bulb is edible as a root vegetable, cooked or dried, and can be...
L. - EucharisEucharis-Organisms:* Eucharis , a genus of ants* Eucharis , a genus of monocotyledons* a lapsus for the bee genus Epicharis* an invalid name for the bivalves genus Basterotia* an invalid name for the ctenophore genus Cabira...
Planch. & Linden - EucomisEucomisEucomis is a genus of African bulbs in the asparagus family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae. Most species of this genus are commonly referred to as pineapple flowers or pineapple lilies.-Etymology:...
L'Hér. - EucrosiaEucrosiaEucrosia is a genus of herbaceous, perennial and bulbous plants in the Amaryllis family distributed from Ecuador to Peru. The name is derived from the Greek eu, beautiful, and krossos, a fringe, referring to the long stamens. The genus contains eight species...
Ker Gawl. - Eustephia Cav.
- FerrariaFerrariaFerraria is a genus of 11 species of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, native to tropical and southern Africa. They are herbaceous corm-bearing plants growing to 30–45 cm tall. Some species have an unpleasant scent similar to rotting meat and are pollinated by flies,...
Burm. ex Mill. - Fortunatia J. F. Macbr.
- FreesiaFreesiaFreesia Ecklon ex Klatt is a genus of 14–16 species of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, native to Africa. Of the 14 species, 12 are native to Cape Province, South Africa, the remaining two to tropical Africa, one species extending north of the equator to Sudan.The genus was named in honor...
Klatt - Fritillaria L.
- FumariaFumariaFumaria is a genus of 50 species of annual plants, native to Europe, Africa and Asia, most diverse in the Mediterranean region, and introduced to North and South America and Australia. Fumaria indica contains the alkaloids fuyuziphine and alpha-hydrastine...
L. - Galanthus L.
- GalaxiaGalaxiaGalaxia may refer to:*The superior form of Gaia , a planet in Isaac Asimov's Foundation Series*Galaxia , a genus in the iris family*"Galaxia", a 1996 trance song by Ferry Corsten...
Thunb. - GaltoniaGaltoniaGaltonia is genus of plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae; native to South Africa they are named after Sir Francis Galton. G. candicans, also known as Cape Hyacinth, is much propagated as a garden plant. Another species is the pale green flowering G. viridiflora....
Decne. - GeissorhizaGeissorhizaGeissorhiza is a genus of about 80 species of flowering plants in the iris family which originate from South Africa. The genus name is derived from the Greek words geisson, meaning "tile", and rhizon, meaning "root".Here are some of them:...
Ker Gawl. - GelasineGelasineGelasine is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae. The genus name is derived from the Greek words gelasinus, meaning "dimple"....
Herb. - Gilliesia Lindl.
- GladiolusGladiolusGladiolus is a genus of perennial bulbous flowering plants in the iris family...
L. - Gloriosa L.
- GriffiniaGriffiniaGriffinia is a genus of monocotyledonous plants in the Amaryllidaceae family, subfamily Amaryllidoideae. It includes 21 species which are endemic to South America, Brazil. The most closely related genus to it is the monotypic Worsleya. The members of the genus Griffinia are tropical, bulbous plants...
Ker Gawl. - Gynandriris Parl.
- HabranthusHabranthusHabranthus is a genus of tender herbaceous flowering bulbs in the Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Amaryllidoideae. The genus was first identified by pioneering bulb enthusiast William Herbert in 1824.-Description:...
Herb. - HaemanthusHaemanthusHaemanthus is a Southern African genus of Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Amaryllidoideae, with some 22 known species, endemic to South Africa, Namibia and the kingdoms of Lesotho and Swaziland...
L. - Hannonia Braun-Blanq. & Maire
- HastingsiaHastingsiaHastingsia is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae, known generally as rushlilies. These are small perennial herbs endemic to serpentine soils of the Siskiyou-Klamath region in northern California and SW Oregon in the United States...
S. Watson - HepaticaHepaticaHepatica is a genus of herbaceous perennials in the buttercup family, native to central and northern Europe, Asia and eastern North America...
Mill. - HerbertiaHerbertiaHerbertia is a small genus of herbaceous, perennial and bulbous plants in the Iris family .-Description:Herbaceous and perennial plants, from tunicate, ovoid bulbs with brown, dry, brittle and papery tunics. The stems are simple or branched...
Sweet - HermodactylusHermodactylusHermodactylus is a genus of non-rhizomatous plants of the family Iridaceae, consisting of a single species, Hermodactylus tuberosus. Common names include Snake's-head , Widow Iris, Black Iris, or Velvet Flower-de-Luce....
Mill. - HesperanthaHesperanthaHesperantha is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae. The genus name is derived from the Greek words hesperos, meaning "evening", and anthos, meaning "flower"....
Ker Gawl. - Hesperocallis A. Gray
- Hexacyrtis Dinter
- Hippeasprekelia anon.
- HippeastrumHippeastrumHippeastrum is a genus of about 90 species and 600+ hybrids and cultivars of bulbous plants in the family Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Amaryllidoideae, native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas from Argentina north to Mexico and the Caribbean. Some species are grown for their large...
Herb. - HomeriaHomeriaHomeria, commonly known as Cape tulips, is a genus of the botanical family Iridaceae, which has 32 species of corm-bearing perennial herbs. In addition, these plants are used as ornamental plants...
Vent. - Hyacinthella Schur
- HyacinthoidesHyacinthoidesHyacinthoides is a genus of the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae. It has also been placed in the separate family Hyacinthaceae and before that the Liliaceae. The genus is included within Scilla by some botanists....
Heist. ex Fabr. - Hyacinthus L.
- HymenocallisHymenocallisHymenocallis is a genus of plants in the family Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Amaryllidoideae. It contains more than 60 species native to tropical and subtropical America. Hymenocallis are bulbous perennial herbs. The flowers have their stamens united to a characteristic corona...
Salisb. - HypoxisHypoxisHypoxis is a genus of plant belonging to the Hypoxidaceae family. The seeds are needed to identify many species.Species include:...
L. - IpheionIpheionThe plant genus Ipheion belongs to Allioideae subfamily of the Amaryllidaceae family. There has been uncertainty as to the limits of the genus; research published in 2010 suggests that although related to genera such as Tristagma and Nothoscordum, it is a distinct genus of 3 species.The genus...
Raf. - Iphigenia Kunth
- IrisIris (plant)Iris is a genus of 260-300species of flowering plants with showy flowers. It takes its name from the Greek word for a rainbow, referring to the wide variety of flower colors found among the many species...
L. - IxiaIxiaThe genus Ixia consists of a number of cormous plants native to South Africa from the Iridaceae family and Ixioideae subfamily. Some of them are known as the corn lily. Some distinctive traits include: sword-like leaves, and long wiry stems with star-shaped flowers. It usually prefers well-drained...
L. - Ixiolirion Herb.
- Korolkowia Regel
- LachenaliaLachenaliaLachenalia is a genus of bulbs in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae, which are usually found in Namibia and South Africa. Most of these plants have a dormancy period, and the new roots of these plants will always grow every year. Lachenalia is named after the Swiss botanist Werner de...
J. Jacq. ex Murray - Lapeirousia Pourr.
- Lapiedra Lag.
- LedebouriaLedebouriaLedebouria is a genus of African bulbous perennial herbs in the Asparagus family, Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae. Most members were previously part of the genus Scilla. A number of species are grown by cacti and succulent enthusiasts for their patterned leaves.- Species :* Ledebouria...
Roth - LeopoldiaLeopoldiaLeopoldia is a genus of bulbous perennials in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae. They were formerly included in the genus Muscari , and like them are often called Grape Hyacinths...
Parl. - LeucocoryneLeucocoryneLeucocoryne is a genus of bulbous perennials in the family Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Allioideae. There are twelve species, all native to Chile. The foliage of all species is long and narrow and has an onion-like scent...
Lindl. - Leucojum L.
- Litanthus Harv.
- Littonia Hook.
- LloydiaLloydiaLloydia is a genus of flowering plants comprising about a dozen species, most of which live in Central and Eastern Asia. One species, Lloydia serotina is a more widespread arctic-alpine plant...
Rchb. - LycorisLycorisLycoris is a Greek word. Other uses include:*Lycoris is a genus of family Amaryllidaceae*Lycoris , a character of .hack the multimedia franchise.*Lycoris , a software company, acquired by Mandriva in 2005...
Herb. - MassoniaMassoniaMassonia is a genus of bulbous perennials in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae native to southern Africa. It is named after the Scottish botanist and gardener Francis Masson.. There are 6 species in this genus: Massonia angustifolia, Massonia depressa, Massonia echinata, Massonia...
Thunb. ex Houtt. - MelasphaerulaMelasphaerulaMelasphaerula is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae. The genus name is derived from the Greek words melas, meaning "black", and sphaerulos, meaning "small sphere"....
Ker Gawl. - Merendera Ramond
- MillaMillaMilla is a genus of plant belonging to the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Brodiaeoideae, and contains the following species of plants.* Milla biflora, Mexican star...
Cav. - MolineriaMolineriaMolineria is a genus of flowering plants. In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the family Hypoxidaceae....
Colla - MoraeaMoraeaMoraea is a genus of plants in the family Iridaceae. The genus name is a tribute to the English botanist Robert Moore.The technical botanical material in this entry is abstracted largely from “The Genera of Southern African Flowering Plants”-Description:...
Mill. - MuillaMuillaThe genus Muilla includes three to four species of flowering plants. In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Brodiaeoideae. They are native to western North America...
S. Watson ex Benth. - Muscari Mill.
- Muscarimia Kostel. ex Losinsk.
- Nectaroscordum Lindl.
- Neodregea C. H. Wright
- NeomaricaNeomaricaNeomarica is a genus of 16 species of plants in family Iridaceae, native to tropical regions of western Africa, and Central and South America, with the highest diversity in Brazil...
Herb. - Neopatersonia Schonl.
- NotholirionNotholirionNotholirion is a small genus of bulbous plants, with six species found from Afghanistan to western China. It is closely related to Lilium, but each bulb only flowers once, and then dies after producing offsets. The bulb is covered by a tunic...
Wall. ex Boiss. - NothoscordumNothoscordumNothoscordum is a genus in the flowering plant family Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Allioideae. It is probably paraphyletic.-Species:According to the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families , the family contains the following species:...
Kunth - Onixotis Raf.
- Ornithogalum L.
- Ornithoglossum Salisb.
- OxalisOxalisOxalis is by far the largest genus in the wood-sorrel family Oxalidaceae: of the approximately 900 known species in the Oxalidaceae, 800 belong here...
L. - PamianthePamianthePamianthe is a genus of plant in family Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Amaryllidoideae. It contains the following species :* Pamianthe parviflora, Meerow...
Stapf - PancratiumPancratiumPancratium may be:* Pankration, a sport or martial art introduced in the Olympic games in 648 BC, and its modern version* Pancratium , a genus of flowering plants in the family Amaryllidaceae...
L. - Paramongaia Velarde
- Pardancanda L. W. Lenz
- Pardanthopsis (Hance) L. W. Lenz
- PhaedranassaPhaedranassaPhaedranassa is a genus of plant in family Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Amaryllidoideae. It contains the following species :* Phaedranassa brevifolia, Meerow* Phaedranassa cinerea, Ravenna...
Herb. - PolyxenaPolyxenaIn Greek mythology, Polyxena was the youngest daughter of King Priam of Troy and his queen, Hecuba. She is considered the Trojan version of Iphigenia, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. Polyxena is not in Homer's Iliad, appearing in works by later poets, perhaps to add romance to Homer's...
Kunth - Pseudogaltonia (Kuntze) Engl.
- PseudomuscariPseudomuscariPseudomuscari is a genus of bulbous perennials in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae. They were formerly included in the genus Muscari . Species of Pseudomuscari have flowers in shades of pale or bright blue, and are small plants with dense flower spikes or racemes...
Garbari & Greuter - PuschkiniaPuschkiniaPuschkinia is a genus of two species of bulbous perennials in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae. It is native to Asia and the Middle East.This genus is named in honor of the Russian botanist Apollo Mussin-Pushkin...
Adams - RanunculusRanunculusRanunculus is a large genus of about 600 species of plants in the Ranunculaceae. Members of the genus include the buttercups, spearworts, water crowfoots and the lesser celandine....
L. - RhadamanthusRhadamanthusIn Greek mythology, Rhadamanthus was a wise king, the son of Zeus and Europa. Later accounts even make him out to be one of the judges of the dead. His brothers were Sarpedon and Minos . Rhadamanthus was raised by Asterion. He had two sons, Gortys and Erythrus. Other sources In Greek mythology,...
Salisb. - Rhodocodon Baker
- Rhodohypoxis Nel
- RhodophialaRhodophialaRhodophiala is a genus of herbaceous, perennial and bulbous plants in the Amaryllis family . It consists of 28 South American species distributed in southern Brazil, Argentina, and, specially, in Chile....
C. Presl - Rhodoxis anon.
- Rigidella Lindl.
- RoscoeaRoscoeaRoscoea is a genus of perennial plants of the family Zingiberaceae . Most members of the family are tropical, whereas Roscoea species are native to mountainous regions of the Himalayas, China and its southern neighbours. Roscoea flowers superficially resemble orchids, although they are not related...
Sm. - SandersoniaSandersoniaSandersonia is a plant genus native to South Africa of the family Colchicaceae. It has only one species, Sandersonia aurantiaca. It is also called Christmas bells, Golden lily of the valley or Chinese lantern lily. S. aurantiaca is a perennial plant and a climber that can reach 30 inches in height...
Hook. - ScadoxusScadoxusScadoxus is a genus of 9 species native to tropical Africa in the family Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Amaryllidoideae. The genus has close affinities with Haemanthus from which it has only recently been separated.Species in the genus are...
Raf. - Schizobasis Baker
- Schizostylis Backh. & Harv.
- SchoenolirionSchoenolirionSchoenolirion is a genus of about three species of flowering plants. In the APG III classification system, the genus is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae ....
Torr. - ScillaScillaScilla is a genus of about 50 bulb-forming perennial herbs in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae, native to woodlands, subalpine meadows, and seashores throughout Europe and Asia...
L. - Simethis Kunth
- SolenomelusSolenomelusSolenomelus is a genus of South American species of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae. They are very closely allied to Sisyrinchium with rhizomes], flowers with a perianth tube and a style that is not divided and a single capitate stigma. The genus name is derived from the Greek words...
Miers - SparaxisSparaxisSparaxis is a genus in the family Iridaceae with about 13 species endemic to Cape Province, South Africa.All are perennials that grow during the wet winter season, flower in spring and survive underground as dormant corms over summer...
Ker Gawl. - SprekeliaSprekeliaSprekelia is a genus of at least three bulbous plants in the family Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Amaryllidoideae. They are native to Central America. Like Hippeastrum, these plants were known as Amaryllis. Sprekelia plants are sometimes called "Aztec lilies", although they are not true lilies...
Heist. - Stenomesson Herb.
- SternbergiaSternbergiaSternbergia is a genus in the family Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Amaryllidoideae, of around 8 species that show a broad distribution throughout Mediterranean Europe and Asia. It was first described by Clusius in 1601 as Narcissus, before being redescribed by Carl Linnaeus as Amaryllis in 1753...
Waldst. & Kit. - Sypharissa Salisb.
- SyringodeaSyringodeaSyringodea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae. The genus name is derived from the Greek word syrinx, meaning "pipe", and alludes to the long perianth tube....
Hook. - Tecophilaea Bertero ex Colla
- Thuranthos C. H. Wright
- TigridiaTigridiaTigridia , the tiger-flowers or shell flowers, is a genus of bulbous or cormous plants, belonging to the family Iridaceae. They have large showy flowers and one species, Tigridia pavonia, is often cultivated for this. The approximately thirty five species in this family grow in the Western...
Juss. - TrimeziaTrimeziaTrimezia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, native to the warmer parts of Central America, South America, and the West Indies...
Salisb. ex Herb. - Tristagma Poepp.
- Triteleia Douglas ex Lindl.
- TritoniaTritoniaTritonia may refer to:* Tritonia * Tritonia * Tritonia...
Ker Gawl. - Tulbaghia L.
- Tulipa L.
- Urceolina Roxb.
- Urginea Steinh.
- Vagaria Herb.
- VeltheimiaVeltheimiaVeltheimia is a genus of perennial plants native to South Africa in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae.There are two species:*Veltheimia bracteata Harv. ex Baker*Veltheimia capensis DC....
Gled. - WatsoniaWatsoniaWatsonia can refer to:* Watsonia , a genus of flowering plants in the iris family.* Watsonia , a botanical journal .* Watsonia, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia....
Mill. - WhiteheadiaWhiteheadiaWhiteheadia is a genus of plant in family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae. It contains the following species :* Whiteheadia etesionamibensis, U. & D.M-D...
Harv. - WurmbeaWurmbeaWurmbea is a genus of perennial herbs that are native to Africa and Australia. There are about 40 species, with about half endemic to each continent....
Thunb. - ZantedeschiaZantedeschiaZantedeschia is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to southern Africa from South Africa north to Malawi. The name of the genus was given as a tribute to Italian botanist Giovanni Zantedeschi by the German botanist Kurt Sprengel . Common names include arum lily...
Spreng. - ZephyranthesZephyranthesZephyranthes is a genus of 71 species in the Amaryllis family . There are numerous hybrids and cultivars. Common names for species in this genus include fairy lily, rainflower, zephyr lily, magic lily, Atamasco lily, and rain lily.The name is derived from Ζέφυρος , the Greek god of the west...
Herb. - Zigadenus Michx.