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CYRTHANTHUS
(
G
)
Fire Lily, Brandlelie (
Le
)
Family:
AMARYLLIDACEAE
cyrtos, = curved, bent, arched; (convex)
anthos, = a flower, the bloom of a flower.
(curved flower tube)
(
LS
,
Le
)
Cyrthanthus angustifolius
(
La
)
Brandlelie, Fire Lily (
PS
)
Location: (
K
)
angustus, = narrow, strait, close, contracted, small, not spacious;
folium, = a leaf.
(narrow-leaved)
(
ld
,
BL
)
Cyrthanthus carneus
(
La
)
Sandlelie, Sandveldlelie (
PS
)
Location: (
F
)
ccaro, carnis, = flesh;
-eus, = indicates material or colour or resemblance in quality.
carneus, = of flesh.
(flesh-coloured)
(
ld
,
BL
)
Cyrthanthus leucanthus
(
G
,
La
)
White Fire Lily (
Vo
) Witbrandlelie (
PS
)
Location: (
F
,
K
,
P
)
leucos, = white, gray, hoary;
anthos, = a flower, the bloom of a flower.
(white flowered)
(
LS
,
BL
)
Cyrthanthus ventricosus
(
La
)
Cape Firelily (
Wf
) Brandlelie (
PS
)
Location: (
F
,
K
,
P
)
venter, = the belly;
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
ventriosus, = having a large belly, big-bellied, pot-bellied.
(swollen, especially on one side)
(
ld
,
BL
)