Asparagaceae
Drimia

Drimia altissima (L.f.) Ker Gawl.

First published in Bot. Mag. 27: t. 1074 (1808)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa. It is a bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Chad, Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1993). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 2(2): 433-968. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Demissew, S. & Nordal, I. (2010). Aloes and other Lilies of Ethiopia and Eritrea, ed, 2: 1-351. Shama Books, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  • Edwards, S., Demissew, S. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (1997). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 6: 1-586. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.
  • Manning, J.C. & Goldblatt, P. (2018). Systematics of Drimia Jacq. (Hyacinthaceae: Urgineoideae) in southern Africa. Strelitzia 40: 1-173. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Stedje, B. (1996). Hyacinthaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-32.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi. Scripta Botanica Belgica 34: 1-199.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Agnew, A.D.Q. & Agnew, S., Upland Kenya Wild Flowers, ed. 2: 319, t. 146 (1994).
  • Blundell, Wild Fl. E. Afr., reprint: 423, t. 247 (1992).
  • Ker Gawl. in Bot. Mag. 27, t. 1074 (1808).
  • Stedje in Nordic Journ. Bot. 7: 665, figs. 1a, 6k-p, 11b (1987).
  • Thulin, Fl. Somalia 4: 52 (1995).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 2008 Harvey, Y.B. [317] Cameroon K000580270 No
Aug 1, 2007 Etuge, M. [5453] Cameroon K000460335 Yes
Austermühle, H. [3] Namibia K002199028 No
Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K.; Bidgood, S. [9448] Zambia K001573792 Yes
Dyer, R.A. [2286a] South Africa K002199032 No
{Drège} [3527] South Africa K002199017 No
s.coll. [649] South Africa K002199019 No
Pollard, B.J., Wain [949] Cameroon K001480084 Yes
Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K.; Bidgood, S. [9448] Zambia K001573820 Yes
Timberlake, J. [4903] Mozambique K000545253 Yes
Cheek, M.; Moutsambote, J-M.; Kami, T.; Ondambomo Didier. [15453] Congo, Republic of the K000617358 Yes
Budderley, V. [27055] K002199038 No
Fourcade, H.G. [3530] South Africa K002199036 No
Hodge, W.H. [A-9] South Africa K002199022 No
Hodge, W.H. [A-21] South Africa K002199016 No
Hutchinson, J. [2132] South Africa K002199034 No
Codd, L.E. [5696] South Africa K002199018 No
{Burchell} [4403] South Africa K002199033 No
Fourcade, H.G. [3530] K002199035 No
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002199024 No
Codd, L.E.; Dyer, R.Q. [4621] South Africa K002199026 No
Werdermann, E.; Oberdieck, H.D. [1077] South Africa K002199027 No
{B. de Winter} [3620] South Africa K002199031 No
Austermühle, H. [3] Namibia K002199029 No
Hodge, W.H. [A-27] South Africa K002199021 No
s.coll. [649] K002199020 No
s.coll. [608] South Africa K002199037 No
Pearson, H.H.W.; Pillans, N.S. [5457] South Africa K002199023 No
Barnard, W.G. [71] South Africa Urginea epigea K000257358 Type Yes
Barnard, W.G. [71] South Africa Urginea epigea K000257359 Isotype Yes
Gillett, J.B. [15066] Ethiopia Urginea altissima K:SPC-02484.000 No
Meikle, R.D. [1065] Nigeria Urginea altissima K:SPC-29602.000 No
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [617] Kenya Urginea altissima K:SPC-05576.000 No
Bally, P.R.O. [8389] Tanzania Urginea altissima K:SPC-02482.000 No
Bally, P.R.O. [8390] Kenya Urginea altissima K:SPC-02485.000 No
Ash [736] Ethiopia Urginea altissima K:SPC-36414.000 No
Hepper, F.N. [1765] Nigeria Urginea altissima K:SPC-27429.000 No
Wild, H. [3193] Zimbabwe Urginea altissima K:SPC-02481.000 No
Gillett, J.B. [14090] Kenya Urginea altissima K:SPC-02483.000 No

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    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

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