Common name
English: Redhot Poker
German: Traubige Fackellilie
Portuguese: Lírio-tocha
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2629)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2532)
Class: Liliopsida (388)
Order: Liliales (109)
Family: Xanthorrhoeaceae (15)(family description)
Genus: Kniphofia (2)
Epithet: uvaria (L.) Oken (1)
Synonyms: Aletris uvaria (L.) L., Aloe longifolia Lam., Aloe rigida Salisb., Aloe uvaria L., Kniphofia alooides Moench, Kniphofia bachmannii Baker, Kniphofia burchellii (Sweet ex Lindl.) Kunth, Kniphofia occidentalis A.Berger, Kniphofia odorata Heynh., Kniphofia uvaria (L.) Hook., Triclissa uvaria (L.) Salisb., Tritoma burchellii Sweet ex Lindl., Tritoma canari Carrière, Tritoma glauca H.Vilm., Tritoma nobilis Guillon, Tritoma recurva H.Vilm., Tritoma saundersii Carrière, Tritoma uvaria (L.) Ker Gawl., Tritomanthe uvaria (L.) Link, Tritomium uvaria (L.) Link, Veltheimia speciosa Roth, Veltheimia uvaria (L.) Willd.
burchellii => in honor of William John Burchell (1782-1863), English explorer and naturalist
glauca => greyish or bluish
longifolia => having long leaves
nobilis => noble, stately
occidentalis => western
odorata => sweet-smelling
recurva => recurved, curved backwards
rigida => stiff, inflexible
saundersii => in honor of William Saunders (1822-1900), Scots born United States horticulturalist
speciosa => beautiful
uvaria => derived from Latin uva (bunch of grapes) meaning 'clustered like a bunch of grapes'
Characteristics
Climate: sub-tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: red, orange
External links
Check for Kniphofia uvaria at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [989] Kniphofia uvaria - Plants For A Future