Amaryllidaceae

Cyrtanthus Aiton

First published in Hort. Kew. 1: 414 (1789), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Sudan to S. Africa.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Cape Provinces, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Mauritius

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Snijman, D.A. (2007). Notes on new and misunderstood taxa of Cyrtanthus (Amaryllidaceae: Cyrtantheae) from the Western Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Bothalia 37: 1-8.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Hort. Kew. 1: 414 (1789).
  • ―Reid & Dyer, Rev. Sthn. Afr. Cyrtanthus: 1–68 (1984).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Dyer in Herbertia 6:65 (1940)
  • Hort. Kew. 1:414 (1789)
  • Nordal in Norw. Journ. Bot. 26: 183 (1979)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1978 Bally, P.R.O. [8482] Kenya K000366189 Holotype Yes
O'Brien, J. [s.n. ] K002853613 Yes
Kenya K:SPC-42896.000 No
S.coll [5374] South Africa K002853360 Yes
Bolton, J. [s.n.] South Africa K002853614 Yes
W.W. [s.n. ] K002853616 Yes
Watermeyer, A.M. [134] Tanzania K:SPC-23549.000 No
Wild, H. [4580] Zimbabwe K:SPC-23550.000 No
Gillett, J.B. [3544] South Africa K002853615 Yes
Lugg, H. [3123] South Africa K002853610 Yes
s.coll. [306] K002853642 Yes
Smith, C.A. [798] South Africa K002853497 Yes
Fontaine Kenya K:SPC-34235.000 No
Hutton, H. [s.n.] K002853612 Yes
South Africa K:SPC-19083.000 No
Wild, H. [1452] Zimbabwe K:SPC-17333.000 No
Chase, N.C. [1702] Zimbabwe K:SPC-23560.000 No
Chase, N.C. [7823] Zimbabwe K002853262 Yes
Stayner, L. [1393/21] South Africa K000366156 Type Yes
A. [Wegley] [s.n.] K002853611 Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0