List of Hyacinthaceae of South Africa

Hyacinthaceae is a family of bulbous monocotyledenous flowering plants (anthophytes) in the order Asparagales. Named after the genus Hyacinthus, Hyacinthaceae include many garden plants and are distributed mostly in Mediterranean climates, including South Africa, Central Asia and South America. Their flowers have six tepals and six stamens with a superior ovary, which previously placed them within the lily family (Liliaceae), and their leaves are fleshy, mucilaginous, and arranged in a basal rosette.

23,420 species of vascular plant have been recorded in South Africa, making it the sixth most species-rich country in the world and the most species-rich country on the African continent. Of these, 153 species are considered to be threatened. Nine biomes have been described in South Africa: Fynbos, Succulent Karoo, desert, Nama Karoo, grassland, savanna, Albany thickets, the Indian Ocean coastal belt, and forests.

The 2018 South African National Biodiversity Institute's National Biodiversity Assessment plant checklist lists 35,130 taxa in the phyla Anthocerotophyta (hornworts (6)), Anthophyta (flowering plants (33534)), Bryophyta (mosses (685)), Cycadophyta (cycads (42)), Lycopodiophyta (Lycophytes(45)), Marchantiophyta (liverworts (376)), Pinophyta (conifers (33)), and Pteridophyta (cryptogams (408)).

43 genera are represented in the literature. Listed taxa include species, subspecies, varieties, and forms as recorded, some of which have subsequently been allocated to other taxa as synonyms, in which cases the accepted taxon is appended to the listing. Multiple entries under alternative names reflect taxonomic revision over time.

Albuca Genus Albuca: Albuca abyssinica Jacq. indigenous Albuca acuminata Baker, indigenous Albuca affinis Baker, indigenous Albuca albucoides (Aiton) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, endemic Albuca altissima Dryand. accepted as Albuca canadensis (L.) F.M.Leight. Albuca angolensis Welw. ex Baker, accepted as Ornithogalum abyssinicum (Jacq.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt Albuca anisocrispa Mart.-Azorin & M.B.Crespo, endemic Albuca annulata Mart.-Azorin & M.B.Crespo, endemic Albuca arenosa J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, endemic Albuca aspera U.Mull.-Doblies, accepted as Albuca viscosa L.f. Albuca aurea Jacq. indigenous Albuca autumnula (U.Mull.-Doblies & D.Mull.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, endemic Albuca bakeri Mart.-Azorin & M.B.Crespo, endemic Albuca barbata (Jacq.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, indigenous Albuca batteniana Hilliard & B.L.Burtt, indigenous Albuca baurii Baker, indigenous Albuca bifolia Baker, endemic Albuca bifoliata R.A.Dyer, indigenous Albuca bontebokensis U.Mull.-Doblies, accepted as Albuca viscosa L.f. Albuca boucheri U.Mull.-Doblies, endemic Albuca bracteata (Thunb.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, indigenous Albuca brevipes Baker, accepted as Albuca suaveolens (Jacq.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt Albuca bruce-bayeri U.Mull.-Doblies, accepted as Albuca hallii U.Mull.-Doblies Albuca buffelspoortensis Van Jaarsv. endemic Albuca canadensis (L.) F.M.Leight. indigenous Albuca caudata Jacq., endemic Albuca chartacea (Mart.-Azorin, M.B.Crespo & A.P.Dold) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, endemic Albuca ciliaris U.Mull.-Doblies indigenous Albuca circinata Baker, accepted as Albuca namaquensis Baker Albuca clanwilliamaegloria U.Mull.-Doblies, indigenous Albuca collina Baker indigenous Albuca concordiana Baker indigenous Albuca consanguinea (Kunth) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, endemic Albuca cooperi Baker indigenous Albuca corymbosa Baker, indigenous Albuca craibii (Mart.-Azorin, M.B.Crespo & A.P.Dold) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, endemic Albuca cremnophila Van Jaarsv. & A.E.van Wyk, endemic Albuca crinifolia Baker, indigenous Albuca crispa J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, endemic Albuca crudenii Archibald, endemic Albuca dalyae Baker, indigenous Albuca darlingana U.Mull.-Doblies, endemic Albuca deaconii Van Jaarsv. indigenous Albuca decipiens U.Mull.-Doblies, indigenous Albuca deserticola J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, indigenous Albuca deserticola J.C.Manning & Goldblatt subsp. deserticola, indigenous Albuca dilucula (Oberm.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, endemic Albuca dyeri (Poelln.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, indigenous Albuca echinosperma U.Mull.-Doblies, indigenous Albuca etesiogaripensis U.Mull.-Doblies, indigenous Albuca exigua (Mart.-Azorin, M.B.Crespo, A.P.Dold, M.Pinter & Wetschnig) J.C.Manning, endemic Albuca exuviata Baker, indigenous Albuca fastigiata Dryand. endemic Albuca fastigiata Dryand. var. fastigiata, indigenous Albuca flaccida Jacq. indigenous Albuca foetida U.Mull.-Doblies, indigenous Albuca fragrans Jacq. indigenous Albuca gariepensis J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, endemic Albuca gethylloides (U.Mull.-Doblies & D.Mull.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, endemic Albuca gildenhuysii (Van Jaarsv.) Van Jaarsv. endemic Albuca glandulifera J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, indigenous Albuca glandulosa Baker, indigenous Albuca glauca Baker, indigenous Albuca glaucifolia (U.Mull.-Doblies & D.Mull.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, endemic Albuca goswinii U.Mull.-Doblies, indigenous Albuca grandis J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, endemic Albuca granulata Baker, accepted as Albuca shawii Baker Albuca hallii U.Mull.-Doblies, indigenous Albuca hesquaspoortensis U.Mull.-Doblies, indigenous Albuca humilis Baker, indigenous Albuca imbricata F.M.Leight. accepted as Albuca juncifolia Baker Albuca jacquinii U.Mull.-Doblies, accepted as Albuca viscosa L.f. Albuca juncifolia Baker, indigenous Albuca juncifolia Baker subsp. xanthocodon (Hilliard & B.L.Burtt) U.Mull.-Doblies, accepted as Albuca xanthocodon Hilliard & B.L.Burtt, indigenous Albuca karachabpoortensis (U.Mull.-Doblies & D.Mull.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, endemic Albuca karooica U.Mull.-Doblies, accepted as Albuca cooperi Baker Albuca kirstenii (J.C.Manning & Goldblatt) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, endemic Albuca knersvlaktensis (U.Mull.-Doblies & D.Mull.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, endemic Albuca leucantha U.Mull.-Doblies, indigenous Albuca littoralis (N.R.Crouch, D.Styles, A.J.Beaumont & Mart.-Azorin) J.C.Manning, endemic Albuca longifolia Baker, indigenous Albuca longipes Baker, indigenous Albuca macowanii Baker, indigenous Albuca massonii Baker, indigenous Albuca mater-familias U.Mull.-Doblies, accepted as Albuca flaccida Jacq. Albuca maxima Burm.f., accepted as Albuca canadensis (L.) F.M.Leight. Albuca melleri (Baker) Baker, accepted as Ornithogalum abyssinicum (Jacq.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt Albuca monarchos (U.Mull.-Doblies & D.Mull.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, endemic Albuca namaquensis Baker, indigenous Albuca nana Schonland, indigenous Albuca nathoana (U.Mull.-Doblies & D.Mull.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, endemic Albuca navicula U.Mull.-Doblies, indigenous Albuca nelsonii N.E.Br. indigenous Albuca obtusa J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, indigenous Albuca osmynella (U.Mull.-Doblies & D.Mull.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, endemic Albuca ovata (Thunb.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, indigenous Albuca papyracea J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, endemic Albuca paradoxa Dinter, indigenous Albuca patersoniae Schonland, indigenous Albuca paucifolia (U.Mull.-Doblies & D.Mull.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, endemic Albuca paucifolia (U.Mull.-Doblies & D.Mull.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt subsp. karooparkensis, endemic Albuca paucifolia (U.Mull.-Doblies & D.Mull.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt subsp. paucifolia, endemic Albuca pearsonii (F.M.Leight.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, indigenous Albuca pentheri (Zahlbr.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, endemic Albuca polyphylla Baker, indigenous Albuca prasina (Ker Gawl.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, indigenous Albuca prolifera J.H.Wilson, indigenous Albuca psammophora (U.Mull.-Doblies & D.Mull.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, endemic Albuca pseudobifolia Mart.-Azorin & M.B.Crespo, endemic Albuca riebeekkasteelberganula U.Mull.-Doblies, endemic Albuca robertsoniana U.Mull.-Doblies, indigenous Albuca rogersii Schonland, indigenous Albuca roodeae (E.Phillips) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, indigenous Albuca rupestris Hilliard & B.L.Burtt, indigenous Albuca sabulosa (U.Mull.-Doblies & D.Mull.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, endemic Albuca scabrocostata (U.Mull.-Doblies & D.Mull.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, endemic Albuca schlechteri Baker, indigenous Albuca schoenlandii Baker, indigenous Albuca secunda (Jacq.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, endemic Albuca seineri (Engl. & K.Krause) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, indigenous Albuca semipedalis Baker, endemic Albuca setosa Jacq. indigenous Albuca shawii Baker, indigenous Albuca spiralis L.f. indigenous Albuca stuetzeliana (U.Mull.-Doblies & D.Mull.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, indigenous Albuca suaveolens (Jacq.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, indigenous Albuca subglandulosa (U.Mull.-Doblies & D.Mull.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, endemic Albuca tenuifolia Baker, indigenous Albuca thermarum Van Jaarsv. endemic Albuca tortuosa Baker, indigenous Albuca toxicaria (C.Archer & R.H.Archer) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, indigenous Albuca trachyphylla U.Mull.-Doblies, indigenous Albuca transvaalensis Mogg, indigenous Albuca unifolia (Retz.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, indigenous Albuca unifoliata G.D.Rowley, endemic Albuca villosa U.Mull.-Doblies, indigenous Albuca villosa U.Mull.-Doblies subsp. glabra U.Mull.-Doblies, endemic Albuca villosa U.Mull.-Doblies subsp. villosa, near endemic Albuca virens (Ker Gawl.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, indigenous Albuca virens (Ker Gawl.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt subsp. arida (Oberm.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, indigenous Albuca virens (Ker Gawl.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt subsp. virens, indigenous Albuca viscosa L.f. indigenous Albuca viscosella U.Mull.-Doblies, accepted asAlbuca viscosa L.f. Albuca vittata Ker Gawl. indigenous Albuca watermeyeri (L.Bolus) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, endemic Albuca weberlingiorum U.Mull.-Doblies, indigenous Albuca xanthocodon Hilliard & B.L.Burtt, indigenous Albuca zebrina Baker, endemic

Amphisiphon Genus Amphisiphon: Amphisiphon stylosa W.F.Barker, accepted as Daubenya stylosa (W.F.Barker) A.M.van der Merwe & J.C.Manning Androsiphon capense Schltr. accepted as Daubenya capensis (Schltr.) A.M.van der Merwe & J.C.Manning

Baeoterpe Genus Baeoterpe: Baeoterpe corymbosa (L.) Salisb. accepted as Lachenalia corymbosa (L.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, indigenous

Bowiea Genus Bowiea: Bowiea gariepensis Van Jaarsv. accepted as Bowiea volubilis Harv. ex Hook.f. subsp. gariepensis (Van Jaarsv.) Bruyns Bowiea volubilis Harv. ex Hook.f. indigenous Bowiea volubilis Harv. ex Hook.f. subsp. gariepensis (Van Jaarsv.) Bruyns, indigenous Bowiea volubilis Harv. ex Hook.f. subsp. volubilis, indigenous

Brachyscypha Genus Brachyscypha: Brachyscypha undulata (Thunb.) Baker, accepted as Lachenalia pusilla Jacq. indigenous

Coelanthus Genus Coelanthus: Coelanthus complicatus Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. accepted as Lachenalia reflexa Thunb. indigenous

Daubenya Genus Daubenya: Daubenya alba A.M.van der Merwe, endemic Daubenya angustifolia (L.f.) A.M.van der Merwe & J.C.Manning, accepted as Massonia angustifolia L.f. indigenous Daubenya aurea Lindl. endemic Daubenya capensis (Schltr.) A.M.van der Merwe & J.C.Manning, endemic Daubenya comata (Burch. ex Baker) J.C.Manning & A.M.van der Merwe, endemic Daubenya marginata (Willd. ex Kunth) J.C.Manning & A.M.van der Merwe, endemic Daubenya namaquensis (Schltr.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, endemic Daubenya stylosa (W.F.Barker) A.M.van der Merwe & J.C.Manning, endemic Daubenya zeyheri (Kunth) J.C.Manning & A.M.van der Merwe, endemic

Desertia Genus Desertia: Desertia luteovirens Mart.-Azorin, M.Pinter & Wetschnig, accepted as Massonia luteovirens (Mart.-Azorin, M.Pinter & Wetschnig) J.C.Manning, indigenous

Dipcadi Genus Dipcadi: Dipcadi bakerianum Bolus, indigenous Dipcadi brevifolium (Thunb.) Fourc. indigenous