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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Kniphofia
| image = Kniphofia02.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = Fiery colored Kniphofia
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Lilliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Asphodelaceae]]
| genus = ''' ''Kniphofia'' '''
| genus_authority = [[Conrad Moench|Moench]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
See text.
}}
'''''Kniphofia''''' (Tritoma, Red hot poker, Torch lily, Poker plant) is a genus of plants in the family [[Asphodelaceae]] that includes 70 or more species native to [[Africa]]. Some species have been commercially used for horticultural use and are commonly known for their bright, rocket-shaped [[flower]]s.
These plants produce spikes of brightly-colored, hanging, red-to-orange flowers. This gives names such as "torch" and "red hot poker" to many of them.
== Some species ==
* ''[[Kniphofia brachystachya]]''
* ''[[Kniphofia caulescens]]''
* ''[[Kniphofia hirsuta]]''
* ''[[Kniphofia rufa]]''
* ''[[Kniphofia sarmentosa]]''
* ''[[Kniphofia stricta]]''
* ''[[Kniphofia triangularis]]''
* ''[[Kniphofia uvaria]]'', [[Torch lily]]
* ''[[Kniphofia reflexa]]'' (endangered [http://www.redlist.org/search/details.php?species=39750])
<gallery>
Image:Kniphofia_yellow.jpg|Yellow Kniphofia
Image:Kniphofia_RedHotPoker.jpg|Red Hot Poker
</gallery>
{{monocot-stub}}
[[Category:Flowers]]
[[Category:Asphodelaceae]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = Kniphofia
| image = Kniphofia02.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = Fiery colored Kniphofia
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Lilliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Asphodelaceae]]
| genus = ''' ''Kniphofia'' '''
| genus_authority = [[Conrad Moench|Moench]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
See text.
}}
'''''Kniphofia''''' (Tritoma, Red hot poker, Torch lily, Poker plant) is a genus of plants in the family [[Asphodelaceae]] that includes 70 or more species native to [[Africa]]. Some species have been commercially used for horticultural use and are commonly known for their bright, rocket-shaped [[flower]]s.
These plants produce spikes of brightly-colored, hanging, red-to-orange flowers. This gives names such as "torch" and "red hot poker" to many of them.
== Some species ==
* ''[[Kniphofia brachystachya]]''
* ''[[Kniphofia caulescens]]''
* ''[[Kniphofia hirsuta]]''
* ''[[Kniphofia rufa]]''
* ''[[Kniphofia sarmentosa]]''
* ''[[Kniphofia stricta]]''
* ''[[Kniphofia triangularis]]''
* ''[[Kniphofia uvaria]]'', [[Torch lily]]
* ''[[Kniphofia reflexa]]'' (endangered [http://www.redlist.org/search/details.php?species=39750])
<gallery>
Image:Kniphofia_yellow.jpg|Yellow Kniphofia
Image:Kniphofia_RedHotPoker.jpg|Red Hot Poker
</gallery>
{{monocot-stub}}
[[Category:Flowers]]
[[Category:Asphodelaceae]]