Agapanthus caulescens Spreng.
First published in Gartenflora 1901: 21 (1901)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Limpopo to E. Cape Prov. It is a geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces, Swaziland
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Agapanthus caulescens subsp. angustifolius F.M.Leight. in J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 4: 36 (1965)
- Agapanthus caulescens subsp. gracilis (F.M.Leight.) F.M.Leight. in J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 4: 31 (1965)
- Agapanthus gracilis F.M.Leight. in J. S. African Bot. 11: 101 (1945)
- Agapanthus insignis W.Bull in Nursery Cat. (William Bull) 377: 1 (1904)
- Agapanthus nutans F.M.Leight. in J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 4: 38 (1965)
- Agapanthus umbellatus var. insignis (W.Bull) L.H.Bailey in Stand. Cycl. Hort. 1: 230 (1914)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Duncan, G. (2021). The Genus Agapanthus: 1-244. 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.
- Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
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:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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15129.000 | No | ||||
18821.000 | No | ||||
South Africa | Agapanthus gracilis | 16690.000 | No |
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0