Asparagaceae
Drimia

Drimia elata Jacq. ex Willd.

First published in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 2: 185 (1799)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is South Sudan to S. Africa. It is a bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Stedje, B. (1996). Hyacinthaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-32.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.
  • Manning, J.C. & Goldblatt, P. (2018). Systematics of Drimia Jacq. (Hyacinthaceae: Urgineoideae) in southern Africa. Strelitzia 40: 1-173. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Agnew, A.D.Q. & Agnew, S., Upland Kenya Wild Flowers, ed. 2: 319, t. 147 (1994).
  • Jacq. in Coll. Suppl.: 38 (1797).
  • Stedje in Nordic Journ. Bot.: 7: 664, figs. 1c, 5i-l, 10c (1987).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Merrett, L. [2160] Zambia K001561849 Yes
Apr 10, 2012 Cooper, T. [s.n.] Drimia robusta K000857417 Unknown Type Material Yes
Apr 1, 2012 Cooper. T. [3288] South Africa Drimia robusta K000857418 Holotype Yes
{Capt. French} [s.n.] South Africa Drimia robusta K002198875 Yes
{Baker} [s.n.] Drimia robusta K002198869 Yes
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [15859] South Africa Drimia robusta K002198871 Yes
{Killick; Strey} [2404] South Africa Drimia robusta K002198874 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Drimia robusta K002198870 Yes
Hutchinson, J. [4682] South Africa Drimia robusta K002198876 Yes
Mogg [9635] South Africa Drimia ciliaris K002198886 Yes
Gilfillan, D.F. [6181] South Africa Drimia ciliaris K002198887 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Drimia ciliaris K002198891 Yes
Galpin, E.E. [629] South Africa Drimia ciliaris K002198888 Yes
Codd, L.E. [6216] South Africa Drimia ciliaris K002198889 Yes
{MacOwan} [1854b] Drimia ciliaris K002198892 Yes
Craib, W.G. [s.n.] Drimia ciliaris K002198890 Yes
Tyson, W. [2168] Drimia villosa K002198880 Yes
Tyson, W. [2168] Drimia villosa K002198881 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa Drimia pusilla K002198882 Yes
Bolus, H. [3923] South Africa Drimia pusilla K002198883 Yes
{Ecklon} [s.n.] Drimia pusilla K002198884 Yes
Bryant, E.G. [867] South Africa Drimia pusilla K002198885 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [2114] Cameroon Drimia zombensis K:SPC-25453.000 No
Wild, H. [3615] Zimbabwe Drimia zombensis K:SPC-04458.000 No
Scheepers, J.C. [715] South Africa Drimia alta K002199039 No
Young, R.G.N.; Young, M.E. [1777] South Africa Drimia alta K002198877 Yes
Devenish, N.J. [663] South Africa Drimia alta K002199040 No
Ross, J.H. [2124] South Africa Drimia alta K002199041 No
Moll, E.J. [3404] South Africa Drimia alta K002198878 Yes
Fitch [s.n.] South Africa Drimia altissima K000257364 Type Yes
Hodge, W.H. [A-9] South Africa Drimia altissima K002199013 No
Hutchinson, J. [4682] South Africa Drimia altissima K002199015 No
s.coll. [199] South Africa Drimia altissima K002199014 No
Barter [1183] Niger Drimia altissima K000257327 Type Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

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

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

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

  • 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

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