Asparagaceae
Eucomis

Eucomis autumnalis (Mill.) Chitt.

First published in Roy. Hort. Soc. Dict. Gard. 2: 787 (1951)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Malawi to S. Africa. It is a bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana, Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.
  • Winter, P.J.D. & Condy, G. (2009). Eucomis zambesiaca. Flowering Plants of Africa 61: 18-23.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Bolnick & Bingham, Common Fl. Zambia, 2nd ed.: 61 (2007).
  • Burrows & Willis, Pl. Nyika Plat.: 307 (2005).
  • Chitt. in Roy. Hort. Soc. Dict. Gard. 2: 787 (1951).
  • Manning et al. in Edinburgh J. Bot. 60: 561 (2004).
  • Plowes & Drummond, Wild Fl. Zimbabwe: t.16 (1990).
  • Reyneke in Bothalia 13: 140 (1980).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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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