Kniphofia

Taxobox
name = Kniphofia

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = Fiery colored Kniphofia
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Asparagales
familia = Asphodelaceae
genus = "Kniphofia"
genus_authority = 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 flowers.

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.

The Kniphofia genus is named after [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Hieronymus_Kniphof&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Djohann%2Bhieronymus%2Bkniphof%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DXl Johann Hieronymus Kniphof] , a 18th century German physician and botanist.

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] )