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CYRTHANTHUS
(
G
)
Fire Lily(
Le
) Brandlelie
Family:
AMARYLLIDACEAE
cyrtos, = curved, bent, arched; (convex) anthos, = a flower, the bloom of a flower. (curved flower tube)
(
LS
,
Le
)
Cyrthanthus angustifolius
(
La
)
Brandlelie(
PS
) Fire Lily
Location: (
K
)
angustus, = narrow, strait, close, contracted, small, not spacious; folium, = a leaf. (narrow-leaved)
(
ld
,
BL
)
Cyrthanthus carneus
(
La
)
Sandlelie(
PS
) Sandveldlelie
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
)
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
)
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
)