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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Clade
  
Monocots

Family
  
Asphodelaceae

Scientific name
  
Kniphofia

Rank
  
Genus

Clade
  
Angiosperms

Order
  
Asparagales

Subfamily
  
Asphodeloideae

Higher classification
  
Asphodelaceae


Lower classifications
  
Kniphofia uvaria, Kniphofia reflexa

Plant care tips how to grow red hot poker kniphofia uvaria


Kniphofia /nɪpˈhoʊfiə/, also called tritoma, red hot poker, torch lily, knofflers or poker plant, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asphodelaceae, first described as a genus in 1794. It is native to Africa. Herbaceous species and hybrids have narrow, grass-like leaves 10–100 cm (4–39 in) long, while perennial species have broader, strap-shaped foliage up to 1.5 m (5 ft) long. All plants produce spikes of upright, brightly colored flowers well above the foliage, in shades of red, orange and yellow, often bicoloured. The flowers produce copious nectar while blooming and are attractive to bees. In the New World they may attract sap-suckers such as hummingbirds and New World orioles.

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Kniphofia Kniphofia Red Hot Poker

The Kniphofia genus is named after Johann Hieronymus Kniphof, an 18th-century German physician and botanist.

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Cultivars

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In addition to the species, many named cultivars of mixed or uncertain parentage have been selected for garden use. The following have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit:-


  • 'Bees' Sunset' (yellow)
  • 'Brimstone Bloom' (sulphur yellow)
  • 'Buttercup' (clear yellow)
  • 'Nobilis' (evergreen, orange and yellow)
  • K. rooperi (evergreen, oval spikes of red and yellow flowers)
  • 'Royal Standard' (red and yellow)
  • 'Samuel's Sensation' (tall herbaceous variety, scarlet flowers fading to yellow at the base)
  • 'Sunningdale Yellow' (orange-yellow)
  • 'Tawny King' (cream/brown)
  • 'Toffee Nosed' (cream/brown)
  • 'Wrexham Buttercup' (yellow)
    • Species
    Kniphofia Kniphofia information from Flowersorguk
    1. Kniphofia acraea Codd - Cape Province of South Africa
    2. Kniphofia albescens Codd - Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal
    3. Kniphofia albomontana Baijnath - Lesotho, South Africa
    4. Kniphofia angustifolia (Baker) Codd - KwaZulu-Natal
    5. Kniphofia ankaratrensis Baker - Madagascar
    6. Kniphofia baurii Baker - KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Province
    7. Kniphofia benguellensis Welw. ex Baker - Angola, Zambia
    8. Kniphofia bequaertii De Wild. - Zaïre, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda
    9. Kniphofia brachystachya (Zahlbr.) Codd - Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Province
    10. Kniphofia breviflora Harv. ex Baker - KwaZulu-Natal, Free State
    11. Kniphofia bruceae (Codd) Codd - Cape Province
    12. Kniphofia buchananii Baker - KwaZulu-Natal
    13. Kniphofia caulescens Baker - Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Province, Free State
    14. Kniphofia citrina Baker - Cape Province
    15. Kniphofia coddiana Cufod. - KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Province
    16. Kniphofia coralligemma E.A.Bruce - Limpopo
    17. Kniphofia crassifolia Baker - Limpopo
    18. Kniphofia drepanophylla Baker - KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Province
    19. Kniphofia dubia De Wild - Zaire, Tanzania, Zambia, Angola
    20. Kniphofia ensifolia Baker - South Africa
    21. Kniphofia × erythraeae Fiori - Eritrea (K. pumila × K. schimperi)
    22. Kniphofia evansii Baker - KwaZulu-Natal
    23. Kniphofia fibrosa Baker - KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Province
    24. Kniphofia flammula Codd - KwaZulu-Natal
    25. Kniphofia fluviatilis Codd - South Africa
    26. Kniphofia foliosa Hochst. - Ethiopia
    27. Kniphofia galpinii Baker - KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Mpumalanga
    28. Kniphofia goetzei Engl. - Tanzania
    29. Kniphofia gracilis Harv. ex Baker - KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Province
    30. Kniphofia grantii Baker - Zaïre, Tanzania, Zambia, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Malawi
    31. Kniphofia hildebrandtii Cufod. - Ethiopia
    32. Kniphofia hirsuta Codd - Lesotho, Cape Province
    33. Kniphofia ichopensis Schinz - KwaZulu-Natal
    34. Kniphofia insignis Rendle - Ethiopia
    35. Kniphofia isoetifolia Hochst. - Ethiopia
    36. Kniphofia latifolia Codd - KwaZulu-Natal
    37. Kniphofia laxiflora Kunth - KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Province
    38. Kniphofia leucocephala Baijnath - KwaZulu-Natal
    39. Kniphofia linearifolia Baker - Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Swaziland, South Africa
    40. Kniphofia littoralis Codd - KwaZulu-Natal
    41. Kniphofia marungensis Lisowski & Wiland - Zaïre
    42. Kniphofia mulanjeana S.Blackmore - Mt. Mulanje in Malawi
    43. Kniphofia multiflora J.M.Wood & M.S.Evans - Swaziland, South Africa
    44. Kniphofia nana Marais - Zaïre
    45. Kniphofia northiae Baker - KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Province
    46. Kniphofia nubigena Mildbr. - Sudan
    47. Kniphofia pallidiflora Baker - Massif de l' Ankaratra in Madagascar
    48. Kniphofia paludosa Engl - Elton Plateau in Tanzania
    49. Kniphofia parviflora Kunth - KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Province
    50. Kniphofia pauciflora Baker - KwaZulu-Natal
    51. Kniphofia porphyrantha Baker - Lesotho, Swaziland, South Africa
    52. Kniphofia praecox Baker - Cape Province
    53. Kniphofia princeae (A.Berger) Marais - Zaïre, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Malawi
    54. Kniphofia pumila (Aiton) Kunth - Zaïre, Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea
    55. Kniphofia reflexa Hutch. ex Codd - Nigeria, Cameroon (endangered)
    56. Kniphofia reynoldsii Codd - Tanzania, Zambia
    57. Kniphofia rigidifolia E.A.Bruce - Mpumalanga
    58. Kniphofia ritualis Codd - Free State, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal
    59. Kniphofia rooperi (T.Moore) Lem. - KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Province
    60. Kniphofia sarmentosa (Andrews) Kunth - Cape Province
    61. Kniphofia schimperi Baker - Ethiopia, Eritrea
    62. Kniphofia splendida E.A.Bruce - Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, northeastern South Africa, Swaziland
    63. Kniphofia stricta Codd - Cape Province, Lesotho
    64. Kniphofia sumarae Deflers - Ibb Mountains of Yemen
    65. Kniphofia tabularis Marloth - Cape Province
    66. Kniphofia thodei Baker - Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal
    67. Kniphofia thomsonii Baker - Zaïre, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia
    68. Kniphofia triangularis Kunth - Lesotho, South Africa
    69. Kniphofia typhoides Codd - Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Mpumalanga
    70. Kniphofia tysonii Baker - KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Province, Swaziland
    71. Kniphofia umbrina Codd - Swaziland
    72. Kniphofia uvaria (L.) Oken - - Cape Province; naturalized in Mexico, North Carolina, Spain, Oregon, Turkey, Washington State, St. Helena, California

    References

    Kniphofia Wikipedia
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