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The genus Agapanthus contains about twenty species of herbaceous perennials native to South Africa.
Lily of the Nile (
Agapanthus praecox)
Generally Agapanthus is classified in family Alliaceae, or alternately in the monogeneric family Agapanthaceae.
The funnel-shaped flowers show diverse bluish colours. They occur in many-flowered cymes on long, erect stems (sometimes up 1 m long). The basal leaves are curved, lanceolate and up to 60 cm long.
The genus contains the following species as well as a number of hybrids, and several varieties are widely cultivated as garden and landscape plants.
- Agapanthus africanus - African Lily, African Tulip, Lily of the Nile
- Agapanthus africanus ssp. walshii
- Agapanthus campanulatus - African bluebell, African Blue Lily, Bell Agapanthus
- Agapanthus caulescens
- Agapanthus coddii
- Agapanthus comptonii
- Agapanthys dyeri
- Agapanthus giganteus
- Agapanthus globosus
- Agapanthus gracilis
- Agapanthus hollandii
- Agapanthus inapertus - Drakensberg Agapanthus; Drooping Agapanthus
- Agapanthus inapertus ssp. pendulus - Agapanthus
- Agapanthus insignis
- Agapanthus longispathus
- Agapanthus nutans
- Agapanthus orientalis : Lily of the Nile
- Agapanthus patens
- Agapanthus pendulus
- Agapanthus praecox ( is a synonym of Agapanthus umbellatus)
- Agapanthus praecox ssp. minimus
- Agapanthus umbellatus
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