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Haemanthus crispus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Genus: Haemanthus
Species: H. Plants are living Organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. The flowering plants or angiosperms ( Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta) are the most widespread group Liliopsida is a Botanical name for the class containing the family Liliaceae (or Lily Family Asparagales is an order of Flowering plants The order must include the family Asparagaceae, but other families included in the order have varied markedly Amaryllidaceae is the Botanical name of a family of Flowering plants. Haemanthus is a Southern African genus of Amaryllidaceae with some 22 known species endemic to South Africa, Namibia and the kingdoms of crispus
Binomial name
Haemanthus crispus
Snijman
Distribution over South Africa
Distribution over South Africa

Haemanthus crispus ('crispus': Latin 'curled' or 'crinkled') is a South African bulbous geophyte belonging to the Amaryllidaceae and occurring in Namaqualand which lies in the winter rainfall region. The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa A storage organ is a part of a Plant specifically modified for storage of Energy (generally in the form of Carbohydrates or Water. Amaryllidaceae is the Botanical name of a family of Flowering plants. Namaqualand ( Afrikaans: Namakwaland) is an arid region of South Africa, extending along the west coast over 600 miles and covering a total area of 170000 It is a common species and is found from Steinkopf to the Olifants River, growing from the coastal flats eastwards onto the stony, lower slopes of the first terrace, usually in heavy soils and often in the shade of low succulent shrubs. The Olifants River is a river in the Western Cape Province of South Africa.

H. crispus may be solitary or like many other Haemanthus species, gregarious and growing in clumps. It has from 1 to 3 leaves that appear soon after flowering. The leafblades may be hairy or glabrous, canaliculate and marked with maroon spots and bars on the abaxial surface. Glabrousness (from Latin glaber = bald hairless is the technical term for an anatomically abnormal lack of Hair or down. The leaf margins, occasionally edged in red, are strongly crisped or crinkled, ranging from throughout their length, to near the base only.

Flowers, appearing from March to May, and spathe valves are usually red, but occasionally pink. Fruits are up to 20 mm diameter, pink and pulpy when ripe, holding from one to four dark-red seeds.

Bulbs of H. A bulb is an underground vertical Shoot that has modified leaves (or thickened leaf bases that are used as Food Storage organs by crispus, unusually for winter rainfall species, have tunics whose edges form horizontal girdles, instead of the normal distichous arrangement.

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