Species within a genus

Genus: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

BRUNSVIGIA
Chandelier Lily, Kandelaar (Wf)
Family: AMARYLLIDACEAE

For Karl [Carl] Wilhelm Ferdinand (1713-1780),** also known as Charles I or Karl I, Duke of Brunswick-Lunenburg, patron of the arts and sciences who promoted the study of plants, including the beautiful Cape species B. orientalis.
(Ch)

Brunsvigia orientalis (La)
Chandelier Lily, Kandelaarlelie (PS)
Location: (F, K)

oriens, = the rising sun, morning sun; the quarter where the sun rises, the East, the Orient;
-alis, -aris, = belonging or pertaining to, resembling, provided with;
orientalis, = of or belonging to the East, Eastern, Oriental.
(ld, BL)