Agapanthus, native to South Africa, is the sole genus of the subfamily.

Agapanthus is widely grown as an ornamental in temperate gardens.

Agapanthus umbellatus ) is a native of the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa.

Agapanthus () is the only genus in the subfamily Agapanthoideae of the flowering plant family Amaryllidaceae.

The type species for the genus is Agapanthus africanus.

Agapanthus is a genus of herbaceous perennials that mostly bloom in summer.

Agapanthaceae consisted of Agapanthus only, and Dahlgren's idea that it is close to Tulbaghia was rejected.

Molecular phylogenetic analysis of DNA sequences has shown that Agapanthus is sister to a clade consisting of subfamilies Allioideae and Amaryllidoideae of the family Amaryllidaceae ( sensu APG III ).

In New Zealand Agapanthus praecox is classed as an " environmental weed " and calls to have it added to the National Pest Plant Accord have encountered opposition from gardeners.

The subfamily name is derived from the generic name of the sole included type genus, Agapanthus.

* Agapanthus coddii ( Codd's Agapanthus or Blue Lily )

* Agapanthus praecox ( Common Agapanthus, Blue Lily, African Lily, or Lily of the Nile )

Agapanthus africanus ( African lily ; syn.

* Agapanthus campanulatus ( African bluebell, African Blue lily or Bell Agapanthus )

Species are used as food and flavourings ( e. g. onion, garlic, leek, asparagus, vanilla ), as cut flowers ( e. g. freesia, gladiolus, iris, orchids ), and as garden ornamentals ( e. g. day lilies, lily of the valley, Agapanthus ).

Zonneveld & Duncan ( 2003 ) divided Agapanthus into six species ( A. africanus, A. campanulatus, A. caulescens, A. coddii, A. inapertus, A. praecox ).

In some regions, one or more species of Agapanthus are invasive plant species.

Their version of Alliaceae differed from any that are recognized today in that it included Agapanthus and in that it included several genera that would later be transferred to Themidaceae.

In 1996, in a phylogenetic analysis of DNA sequences of the gene rbcL, Themidaceae was resurrected and Agapanthus was removed from Alliaceae.

* Agapanthus africanus ( syn.

Agapanthus does not have the distinctive chemistry of Alliaceae.

Four valid botanical names have Agapanthus as their basionym.

In 1985, Dahlgren, Clifford, and Yeo placed Agapanthus in Alliaceae, close to Tulbaghia.

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