Asparagaceae

Drimia Jacq. ex Willd.

First published in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 2: 165 (1799)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Medit. to Myanmar, Africa.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Algeria, Angola, Baleares, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Corse, Cyprus, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Kriti, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Palestine, Portugal, Rwanda, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sicilia, Sierra Leone, Sinai, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • 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.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 7: 525.
  • Ic. Rar. t. 373-377 (1788)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Baker in F.T.A. 7: 525 (1898)
  • Coll. Suppl.: 38-42 (1797)
  • Hepper in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 3: 106 (1968)
  • Jessop in Journ. S. Afr. Bot. 43: 269 (1977)
  • Stedje in Nordic Journ. Bot. 7: 662 (1987)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2013 Burchell, W.J. [4769] South Africa K000857424 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2012 Heath, A; R [2013] Botswana K000524396 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Milne-Redhead, E. [2579] Zambia K:SPC-38442.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002199101 No
s.n. [1897] K002198424 Yes
Moll, E.J. [4309] South Africa K002199234 No
Bowker, H.; Trinit [s.n.] K002199129 No
Salter, T.M. [8347] South Africa K002199043 No
Bryant, E.G. [859] South Africa K002199133 No
Verdoorn, I.C. [1711] South Africa K002198964 Yes
Wood, J.M. [1052] South Africa K000099097 Type Yes
s.coll. [9534] K002199048 No
s.coll. [7491] South Africa K002199131 No
Osborne, J.; Datizua, C.; Langa, C.; Zandamela, J.; Macuacua, A. (guide) [JO1609] Mozambique K001346433 No
Salter, T.M. [9082] South Africa K002199073 No
[E. G. Beyerb] [955] K002199050 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002199144 No
Esterhuysen, E.E. [16890] South Africa K002199135 No
{B. de Winter} [3786] South Africa K002199062 Yes
Montpellier; Dieterlen, M. [649] Lesotho K002199119 No
Labat, J.N.; Deroin, T.; Edmond, R.; Rabarison, H.; Laivao, O. [2206] Madagascar K002198843 Yes
Hemadri, K. [3001] India K000802727 Isotype Yes
Moss, C.E. [8073] K002199078 No
Hutchinson, J. [1648] K002199115 No
Gillett, J.B. [2554] South Africa K002199103 No
Esterhuysen, E.E. [16886] South Africa K002199128 No
Cooper, T. [3305] South Africa K002198972 Yes
Wilms, F. [1515a] South Africa K002199067 Yes
Galpin, E.E. [12371] South Africa K002198966 Yes
Maiato, F.; Goyder, D.J. [2075] Angola K001622086 Yes
Wilms, F. [1514] South Africa K002198986 Yes
Dieterlen, A. [649] South Africa K002198971 Yes
Pearson, H.H.W. [4720] South Africa K002199107 No
Scheepers, J.C. [1620] South Africa K002199077 No
Sutherland [s.n.] South Africa K002198969 Yes
Salter, T.M. [8607] South Africa K002199218 No
s.coll. [755] South Africa K002199076 No
Schyff, H.P.V. [1361] South Africa K002199058 Yes
Fry, H. [2702] South Africa K002199105 No
Kirk, J. [s.n.] Malawi K000400584 Type Yes
Esterhuysen, E.E. [18370] South Africa K002199112 No
Esterhuysen, E.E. [20733] South Africa K002199044 No
Humbert, H. [20432] Madagascar K002198840 Yes
[Gerreasy]; Trinit [s.n.] K002199124 No
Adamson, R.S. [2828] K002199042 No
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002199130 No
Pearson, H.H.W. [3193] South Africa K002199121 No
Esterhuysen, E.E. [14337] South Africa K002199109 No
Esterhuysen, E.E. [28084] South Africa K002199136 No
Rakotonasolo, F.; Davis, A.P.; Davies, N.; Rajaovelona, L. [RNF 1872] Madagascar K000953543 Yes
Schlechter, F.R.R. [10105] South Africa K000320151 Unknown Type Material Yes
Onderstepoort [K1] South Africa K002198976 Yes
Esterhuysen, E.E. [13678] South Africa K002199045 No
[illegible] [1042] South Africa K002198985 Yes
Franks, M.; Wood, D.M. [1230] South Africa K002198963 Yes
Rudatis, H. [13341] South Africa K002199116 No
Galpin, E.E. [5951] K002199100 No
Esterhuysen, E.E. [21242] South Africa K002199051 Yes
Esterhuysen, E.E. [11425] South Africa K002199125 No
Esterhuysen, E.E. [16820] South Africa K002199122 No
Pearson, H.H.W. [6341] South Africa K002199047 No
Dlamini, B. [s.n.] Eswatini K002199060 Yes
Wylie, J. [s.n.] South Africa K002198970 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002199099 No
Esterhuysen, E.E. [13678] South Africa K002199046 No
s.coll. [3527] South Africa K002199025 No
Dieterlen, A. [649] Lesotho K002199120 No
Gifillan, D.T. [6079] South Africa K002199132 No
Tweedie [2988] Kenya K:SPC-28669.000 No
Esterhuysen, E.E. [19496a] South Africa K002199071 No
s.coll. [2398] South Africa K002199075 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002199182 No
Devenish, N.J. [726] South Africa K002198973 Yes
Nicoll, M. [370] Madagascar K002198835 Yes
Rudatis, H. [1463] South Africa K002198987 Yes
s.coll. [897] K002199102 No
Bowker, H. [11] K002199123 No
Haygarth, W. [15809] South Africa K002198965 Yes
Esterhuysen, E.E. [21035] South Africa K002199074 No
Esterhuysen, E.E. [18343] South Africa K002199117 No
Lugard, E.J.; Lugard, C. [563] Kenya K000257336 Type Yes
Dorr, L.J.; Koenders, L. [3038] Madagascar K002199098 No
Codd, L.E. [5603] South Africa K002199087 No
Leistner, O.A. [972] South Africa K002199084 No
MacFarlane, T.D. [s.n.] Madagascar K002198841 Yes
William, F. [2303] Australia K002198967 Yes
Galpin, E.E. [9578] South Africa K002198968 Yes
Phillipson, P.B.; Schatz, G.E.; Schmidt, H.H.; Rabehevitra, D. [5648] Madagascar K002198842 Yes
Ravelonarivo, D.; Rabesonia, R. [523] Madagascar K002198836 Yes
Van Vuuren, D.R.J. [1269] South Africa K002199061 Yes
Rudatis, H. [1126] South Africa K002198975 Yes
Pegler, A. [1801] K002199118 No
Killick; [Shey] [2545] South Africa K002199059 Yes
Esterhuysen, E.E. [16890] South Africa K002199127 No
Esterhuysen, E.E. [16830] South Africa K002199137 No
Rakotonasolo, F.; Vorotsova, M.; Ratovonirina, G. [RNF 1908] Madagascar K000753626 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [2635] South Africa K002199146 No
Trinit [28] South Africa K002199110 No
Codd, L.E. [5603A] South Africa K002199086 No
Esterhuysen, E.E. [13715] South Africa K002199072 No
s.coll. [2] K002199145 No
Welw. [3843] K000400580 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kinges, H. [1894] South Africa K002199113 No
Haygarth, W.J. [7464] South Africa K002199104 No
Medley Wood, J. [10174] South Africa K002198962 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002199141 No
Esterhuysen, E.E. [7225] South Africa K002199095 No
{Merxmüller, H.; zugegangen} [136] South Africa K002198974 Yes
Esterhuysen, E.E. [14675] South Africa K002199063 Yes
Esterhuysen, E.E. [15271] South Africa K002199108 No
Rogers, F.A. [27608] South Africa K002199111 No
Gillett, J.B. [3550] South Africa K002199106 No
Galpin, E.E. [6293] K002199138 No
Bowker, H. [12] K002199114 No
Dieterlen, M. [649] Lesotho K002199126 No
Codd, L.E. [6152] South Africa K002199085 No
Esterhuysen, E.E. [14487] South Africa K002199066 Yes
Esterhuysen, E.E. [26898] South Africa K002199134 No
s.coll. [9645] K002199049 No
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002199094 No
Jul 2, 1992 Adamson [3099] South Africa Tenicroa K000257378 Isotype Yes
Tweedie, E.M. [3604] Kenya Urginea K:SPC-33863.000 No
Schweinfurth, G. [678] Yemen Urginea K001044815 Unknown Type Material Yes
Chevalier [8359] Central African Republic Urginea K000257330 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rajagopal, T.; Rajagopal, T. India Urginea K:SPC-32337.000 No
Mar 2, 2001 Kitching, L. [s.n.] Madagascar Rhodocodon K000099860 Isosyntype Yes
Mar 2, 2001 Kitching, L. [s.n.] Madagascar Rhodocodon K000099861 Type Yes
Mar 2, 2001 Kitching, L. [s.n.] Madagascar Rhodocodon K000099862 Syntype No
Cutler, D.F. [4/82/18] South Africa Litanthus K:SPC-46909.000 No

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • 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