Gloriosa superba L.

Common name

English: Flame Lily

German: Ruhmeslilie

Mandarin: 嘉兰 (jia lan)

Portuguese: Garras-de-tigre, Gloriosa-dos-jardins

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (1919)

  Phylum: Magnoliophyta (1830)

    Class: Liliopsida (286)

      Order: Liliales (121)

        Family: Liliaceae (47) (family description)

          Genus: Gloriosa (1)

           Epithet: superba L. (1)

superba => superb, handsome, splendid, majestic

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: yellow

External links

Check for Gloriosa superba at The Plant List, GBIF or IPNI

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