Kniphofia is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the family Asphodelaceae, first described as a genus in 1794. Species are native to Africa. Common names include tritoma, red hot poker, torch lily and poker plant. Description Herbaceous species and hybrids have narrow, grass-like leaves long, while evergreen species have broader, strap-shaped foliage up to long. All plants produce spikes of upright, brightly coloured 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 and sunbirds. In the New World, they may attract nectarivores such as hummingbirds and New World orioles. Etymology The genus Kniphofia is named after Johann Hieronymus Kniphof, an 18th-century German physician and botanist. Species There are about 73 described species, including two hybrids. Kniphofia acraea Codd - Cape Provinces of South Africa Kniphofia albescens Codd - Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal Kniphofia albomontana Baijnath - Lesotho, South Africa Kniphofia angustifolia (Baker) Codd - KwaZulu-Natal Kniphofia ankaratrensis Baker - Madagascar Kniphofia baurii Baker - KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Provinces Kniphofia benguellensis Welw. ex Baker - Angola, Zambia Kniphofia bequaertii De Wild. - Zaire, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda Kniphofia brachystachya (Zahlbr.) Codd - Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Provinces Kniphofia breviflora Harv. ex Baker - KwaZulu-Natal, Free State Kniphofia bruceae (Codd) Codd - Cape Province Kniphofia buchananii Baker - KwaZulu-Natal Kniphofia caulescens Baker - Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Province, Free State Kniphofia citrina Baker - Cape Province Kniphofia coddiana Cufod. - KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Province Kniphofia coralligemma E.A.Bruce - Limpopo Kniphofia crassifolia Baker - Limpopo Kniphofia drepanophylla Baker - KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Provinces Kniphofia dubia De Wild - Zaire, Tanzania, Zambia, Angola Kniphofia ensifolia Baker - South Africa Kniphofia × erythraeae Fiori - Eritrea (K. pumila × K. schimperi) Kniphofia evansii Baker - KwaZulu-Natal Kniphofia fibrosa Baker - KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Provinces Kniphofia flammula Codd - KwaZulu-Natal Kniphofia fluviatilis Codd - South Africa Kniphofia foliosa Hochst. - Ethiopia Kniphofia galpinii Baker - KwaZulu-Natal, Eswatini, Mpumalanga Kniphofia goetzei Engl. - Tanzania Kniphofia gracilis Harv. ex Baker - KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Provinces Kniphofia grantii Baker - Zaire, Tanzania, Zambia, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Malawi Kniphofia hildebrandtii Cufod. - Ethiopia Kniphofia hirsuta Codd - Lesotho, Cape Provinces Kniphofia ichopensis Schinz - KwaZulu-Natal Kniphofia insignis Rendle - Ethiopia Kniphofia isoetifolia Hochst. - Ethiopia Kniphofia latifolia Codd - KwaZulu-Natal Kniphofia laxiflora Kunth - KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Provinces Kniphofia leucocephala Baijnath - KwaZulu-Natal Kniphofia linearifolia Baker - Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Eswatini,