Asparagaceae
Drimia

Drimia macrocentra (Baker) Jessop

First published in J. S. African Bot. 43: 292 (1977)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal. It is a bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Manning, J.C. & Goldblatt, P. (2018). Systematics of Drimia Jacq. (Hyacinthaceae: Urgineoideae) in southern Africa. Strelitzia 40: 1-173. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Manning, J.C., Goldblatt, P. & Fay, M.F. (2004). A revised generic synopsis of Hyacinthaceae in sub-Saharan Africa, based on molecular evidence, including new combinations and the new tribe Pseuoprospereae. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 60: 533-568.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141. [Cited as Booseia macrocentra.]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
[illegible] [s.n.] South Africa K002198953 Yes
Wood, J.M. [13188] South Africa K002198955 Yes
Killick, D.J.B. [1623] South Africa K002198954 Yes
{Killick; Marais} [2140] South Africa K002198956 Yes
Van Rooyen, R. [24543] South Africa K002198952 Yes
Barber [895] South Africa K000400573 Type Yes
[M+McKew] [26] K002199068 No
Schlechter, F.R.R. [3155] South Africa Urginea schlechteri K000257372 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rudatis, H. [438] South Africa Urginea schlechteri K000257371 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wood, J.M. [642] South Africa Urginea lilacina K000257362 Type Yes
Wood, J.M. [198] South Africa Urginea lilacina K000257363 Type Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • 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