Drimia altissima

Drimia altissima

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Asparagaceae
Subfamilia: Scilloideae
Tribus: Urgineeae
Genus: Drimia
Species: Drimia stenocarpa

Name

Drimia stenocarpa (L.f.) Ker Gawl., Bot. Mag. 27: t. 1074 (1808).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Ornithogalum altissimum L.f., Suppl. Pl.: 199 (1782).
• Homotypic
  • Urginea altissima (L.f.) Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 13: 221 (1873).
  • Idothea altissima (L.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 712 (1891).
  • Urginavia altissima (L.f.) Speta, Phyton (Horn) 38: 87 (1998).
• Heterotypic
  • Ornithogalum giganteum Jacq., Pl. Hort. Schoenbr. 1: 45 (1797).
  • Drimia uitenhagensis Eckl., S. African Quart. J. 1: 864 (1830).
  • Scilla micrantha A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 828 (1850).
  • Urginea micrantha (A.Rich.) Solms in G.Schweinfurth, Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 294 (1867).
  • Drimia barteri Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 11: 423 (1870).
  • Urginea brevipes Baker, J. Bot. 12: 364 (1874).
  • Idothea barteri (Baker) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 712 (1891).
  • Drimia paolii Chiov., Res. Sci. Somalia Ital. 1: 175 (1916).
  • Urginea epigea R.A.Dyer, Fl. Pl. Africa 26: t. 1027 (1947).
  • Urginea gigantea (Jacq.) Oyewole, Bol. Soc. Brot. 49: 167 (1975), no basionym date.
  • Urginavia micrantha (A.Rich.) Speta, Phyton (Horn) 38: 87 (1998).
  • Urginavia epigea (R.A.Dyer) Speta, Stapfia 75: 168 (2001).

Homonyms

• Drimia altissima Hook.f., nom. illeg. = Drimia elata Jacq.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Tropical & Southern Africa 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; Zare References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Ker Gawler, J.B. 1808. Bot. Mag. 27: t. 1074.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Drimia altissima in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Feb. 05. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Drimia altissima. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 05 2019.
• The Plant List 2013. Drimia altissima in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Feb. 05.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Drimia altissima. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 Feb. 2019.

Vernacular names

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