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|familia=Amaryllidaceae
|genus=Nerine
|genus=Nerine
|taxo_author=Herb.
|habit=bulbous
|Max ht box=30
|Max ht metric=cm
|lifespan=perennial
|water=less when dormant
|features=deciduous, flowers
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'''Nerine''' ({{pron-en|nɨˈraɪniː}})<ref>''Sunset Western Garden Book,'' 1995:606–607</ref> is a genus of plants belonging to the [[Amaryllidaceae]] family. Native to South Africa, there are about 30 different species in the genus. Nerine have been widely cultivated and much [[Hybrid (biology)|hybridized]] and are now spread world wide.
It is a [[bulb]] plant, with each bulb being about 3–5 cm in diameter. In late winter and spring the plant produces several strap-shaped, dull green leaves, about 20 cm long and 1 cm broad, arranged in two rows. The leaves die down by late spring and the bulb is then dormant until late summer.
In fall each bulb produces a single naked stem about 30 cm tall which bears a cluster of 2 to 12 funnel-shaped pink flowers at their tops. Each flower is about 4 cm diameter.
Overall the plant has similar growing characteristics to the [[Amaryllis|Belladonna Lily]], though it is much smaller. Another similar plant is the [[Lycoris (genus)|Lycoris]].
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Nerine (a nereid of Greek mythology)- Amaryllidaceae. Handsome autumn-flowering bulbs from South Africa.
Nerine (a nereid of Greek mythology)- Amaryllidaceae. Handsome autumn-flowering bulbs from South Africa.
==Varieties==
==Species==
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* ''[[Nerine alta]]''
* ''[[Nerine angulata]]''
* ''[[Nerine angustifolia]]''
* ''[[Nerine appendiculata]]''
* ''[[Nerine bowdenii]]''
* ''[[Nerine brachystemon]]''
* ''[[Nerine breachiae]]''
* ''[[Nerine crispa]]''
* ''[[Nerine curvifolia]]''
* ''[[Nerine duparquetiana]]''
* ''[[Nerine elwesii]]''
* ''[[Nerine falcata]]''
* ''[[Nerine filamentosa]]''
* ''[[Nerine filifolia]]''
* ''[[Nerine flexuosa]]'''
* ''[[Nerine frithii]]''
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* ''[[Nerine gaberonensis]]''
* ''[[Nerine gibsonii]]''
* ''[[Nerine gracilis]]''
* ''[[Nerine hesseoides]]''
* ''[[Nerine humilis]]''
* ''[[Nerine huttonii]]''
* ''[[Nerine insignis]]''
* ''[[Nerine krigei]]''
* ''[[Nerine lucida]]''
* ''[[Nerine marginata]]''
* ''[[Nerine marincowitzii]]''
* ''[[Nerine masonorum]]''
* ''[[Nerine moorei]]''
* ''[[Nerine pancratioides]]''
* ''[[Nerine parviflora]]''
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* ''[[Nerine peersii]]''
* ''[[Nerine plantii]]''
* ''[[Nerine platypetala]]''
* ''[[Nerine pudica]]''
* ''[[Nerine pumila]]''
* ''[[Nerine pusilla]]''
* ''[[Nerine rehmannii]]''
* ''[[Nerine ridleyi]]''
* ''[[Nerine sarniensis]]''
* ''[[Nerine schlechteri]]''
* ''[[Nerine transvaalensis]]''
* ''[[Nerine tulbaghensis]]''
* ''[[Nerine undulata]]''
* ''[[Nerine veitchii]]''
* ''[[Nerine versicolor]]''
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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
