Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Asparagales Link
Family
Agapanthaceae F.Voigt
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Agapanthus L'Her., Sert. Angl. 10-11 (1789 [1788])
Vernacular Name(s):
African lily; Agapanthus
 Description

Stout perennials; thick rhizome or rootstock tuberous; roots numerous, fleshy, Scape stout, ± terete. Leaves all basal, linear, ± fleshy to leathery, erect, arching or spreading, deciduous or evergreen. Flowers many, pedicellate, blue or white, ± actinomorphic, in terminal umbels; spathe-valves 2, deciduous; perianth-segments ± unequal, connate, spreading in upper half. Capsule triquetrous, loculicidal. Seeds many, black, flat, shining, winged.

[From: Healy and Edgar (1980) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 3.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
Number of species in New Zealand within Agapanthus L'Her.
CategoryNumber
Exotic: Fully Naturalised2
Total2
 Bibliography
Biosecurity New Zealand 2012: Regional Pest Management Strategies Database. http://www.biosecurityperformance.maf.govt.nz/
L’Héritier de Brutelle, C.-L. 1789: Sertum Anglicum. Didot, Paris.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.