Hypoxidaceae

Hypoxis L.

First published in Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 986 (1759)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical to N. America.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Colorado, Congo, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, Free State, French Guiana, Gabon, Galápagos, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Haiti, Honduras, Illinois, India, Indiana, Iowa, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kansas, Kentucky, Kenya, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Louisiana, Madagascar, Maine, Malawi, Malaya, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rhode I., Rwanda, Réunion, Saskatchewan, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Somalia, South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Venezuela, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Western Australia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Ascension

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 7: 377
  • Nel in Engl., Bot, Jahrb. 51: 301 (1914).
  • Syst. ed. 10, 986 (1759)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Geerinck in Bull. Jard. Bot. Belg. 39: 72–80 (1969).
  • J.G. Baker in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 17: 98–119 (1878)
  • Nel in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 51: 259–286, 301–340 (1914).
  • Nordal et al. in Nordic J. Bot. 5: 15–30 (1985).
  • Nordal in Kubitzki, Fam. Gen. Vasc. Pl. 3: 292 (1998).
  • in F.C. 6: 174–189 (1896)
  • in F.T.A. 7: 377–382 (1898).
  • in Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 986, 1366 (1759) pro parte typ. excl. H. fascicularis.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
  • Nordal et al. in Nord. J. Bot. 5: 15–30 (1985).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 88:301–350 (2001)
  • B.J.B.B. 39: 72–80 (1969)
  • E.J. 51: 259–286, 301–340 (1914)
  • F.C.B.: 4–9 (1971)
  • F.T.A. 7: 377
  • F.Z. 12 (3): 1–18 (2001)
  • Fl. Cameroun: 34–47
  • Fl. Eth. 6: 86 (1997)
  • Fl. Rwanda 4: 81–84 (1987)
  • J.L.S. 17: 98–119 (1878)
  • Kubitzki, Fam. Gen. Vasc. Pl. 3: 292 (1998)
  • Nordic J. Bot. 5: 15–30 (1985)
  • Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 2: 986 (1759)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1990 Buchanan, J. [26] Malawi K000098845 Type No
Jan 1, 1990 Scott Elliot, G.F. [8579] K000098846 Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Adamson, G. [28] Malawi K000098844 Type No
Dec 27, 1985 Australia K000644246 Unknown Type Material Yes
Krauss [248] South Africa K000098817 Yes
Wood, S.E. [172] South Africa K003612942 Yes
Balls, N.; Balls, E.K.; Gowrlay, W.B. [B4643] Mexico K003613179 Yes
Sturgeon, K. [16970] Zimbabwe K000285894 Yes
C.N.A. [1799] K003611656 Yes
Hopkins, J.C. [17156] Zimbabwe K000285890 Yes
Davies, R.M. [D742] Tanzania K003611955 Yes
K:SPC-18235.000 No
Ash [977] Ethiopia K:SPC-36411.000 No
Phipps, J.B. [1230] Zimbabwe K000285893 Yes
Cooper [3242] South Africa K000400526 Yes
Wylie, J. [27973] South Africa K003612944 Yes
Ash, J. [769A] Ethiopia K003611726 Yes
Brass, L.J. [11783] K003611431 Yes
Palmer, E.J. [8519] United States K003613147 Yes
Wild, H. [2089] Zimbabwe K000285891 Yes
Richards, H.M. [16553] Malawi K000285888 Yes
Sanford, W.W. [6243] Cameroon K003611655 Yes
Richards, H.M. [2038] Zambia K:SPC-18236.000 No
[R. M. Ley] [s.n.] Australia K003611540 Yes
Small, M. [s.n.] Australia K003611432 Yes
Hemsley, J.H. [6099] Australia K003611542 Yes
Strey, R.G. [4521] South Africa K003612943 Yes
Ash [940] Ethiopia K:SPC-36403.000 No
illegible [104] South Africa K000098780 Type Yes
Sanford, W.W. [5589] Cameroon K003611653 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. Ethiopia K003611702 Yes
Hinton; et al. [13009] Mexico K003613175 Yes
Mooney, H.F. Ethiopia K003611694 Yes
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [1016] Kenya K:SPC-03675.000 No
Krauss [248] South Africa K000098816 Type No
Thulin, M.; Hunde, A.; Tadesse, M. [3530] Ethiopia K003611725 Yes
Ash, J. [2016] Ethiopia K003611729 Yes
Zimudzi, C. [53] Zimbabwe K003612550 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [2892] Zambia K:SPC-38397.000 No
Kostermans, A.J.G.H.; {Soegeng} [570] Indonesia K003611426 No
Mooney, H.F. Ethiopia K003611697 Yes
Wild, H. [44547] Zimbabwe K:SPC-23557.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [7724] Tanzania K:SPC-27347.000 No
Fellowes, W.M. [6] Mexico K003613177 Yes
Thulin, M.; Hunde, A. Ethiopia K003611693 Yes
Aedo, C.; Castroviejo, S.; Pedrol, J.; Rico, E. [15077] South Africa K001581665 Yes
Gillett, J.B. Ethiopia K003611691 Yes
Harvey, Dr. [50] South Africa K000098781 Type Yes
illegible [s.n.] South Africa K000098809 No
Hinton; et al. [10445] Mexico K003613178 Yes
Ash, J. [977] Ethiopia K003611728 Yes
Langley Kitching [s.n.] South Africa K003613072 Yes
Wylie, J. [s.n.] South Africa K003612614 Yes
Zimudzi, C. [30] Zimbabwe K003612549 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [8001] Tanzania K:SPC-27340.000 No
Thulin, M.; Hunde, A. Ethiopia K003611698 Yes
Galpin, E.E. [1603] South Africa K000400598 Unknown Type Material Yes
Balls, N.; Balls, E.K.; Gourlay, W.B. [B4856] Mexico K003613180 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; de Wilde-Duyfjes, B.E.E. [10715] Ethiopia K003611727 Yes
Gilbert, E.F. Ethiopia K003611700 Yes
Andrews, F.W. [A1892] Sudan K003611724 Yes
Richards, H.M. [13039] Tanzania K003612186 Yes
Garside, S. [4643] South Africa K:SPC-26499.000 No
Saltmarsh, E. [984] South Africa K000098779 Type Yes
Mooney, H.F. Ethiopia K003611695 Yes
Richards [9781] Cameroon K003611654 Yes
Muir, Dr.J. [s.n.] South Africa K000098835 Type Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [2905] Zambia K:SPC-38437.000 No
Mooney, H.F. Ethiopia K003611701 Yes
Wood, J.M. [184] South Africa K000098834 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [2934] Zambia K:SPC-38334.000 No
Ash, J. Ethiopia K003611696 Yes
Cookson, A.J. [99439] Zimbabwe K000285892 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [8058] Tanzania K:SPC-23419.000 No
Cooper [s.n.] South Africa K000400599 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wood, J.M. [1011] South Africa K000098815 Type Yes
Ash, J. Ethiopia K003611699 Yes
Wilson, J. [812] K003612188 Yes
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [11899] South Africa K003613073 Yes
Gereau, R.E.; Abeid, Y.S.; Kibure, O.A.; Mpunga, N. [7123] Tanzania K003612178 Yes
Wood, J.M. [47?] South Africa K000098833 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003613071 Yes
Mooney, H.F. Ethiopia K003611692 Yes
Archbold, M.E. (Miss) [2413] Tanzania K003612187 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [7849] Bolivia K003613317 Yes
Baines, T. [s.n.] South Africa K000098831 Yes
Drege [3513d] South Africa K000400597 Unknown Type Material Yes
Balls, N.; Balls, E.K.; Gourlay, W.B. [B5203] Mexico K003613176 Yes
[Skanery], O. [s.n.] Australia K000644247 Type Yes
Garside, S. [4605] South Africa K:SPC-26989.000 No
Iecama Ethiopia K003611703 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [6A01] South Africa K000098807 Yes
Zimudzi, C. [41] Zimbabwe K003612548 Yes
Melville, R.; Blake, S.; Everist, S. [3526] Australia K003611539 Yes
Gilliland, H.B. [1065] Zimbabwe K000285889 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] K003612189 Yes
Hedberg, O. [93127] Cameroon K000087429 Yes
Burchell [4469] South Africa K000098783 Type Yes
Lynes, H. [DP87] Tanzania K003612185 Yes
Garside, S. [4642] South Africa K:SPC-26491.000 No
Galpin, E.E. [1602] South Africa K000098782 No
Scott, H. Ethiopia K003611690 Yes
illegible [s.n.] South Africa K000098808 Type Yes
Fourcade, H.G. [4931] South Africa K003612613 Yes
Crosby, C.M.; Doore, L.A. [121] Australia K003611541 Yes
Zimudzi, C. [52] Zimbabwe K003612547 Yes
South Africa K000098810 No
Smith, S.A.L.; Beentje, H.J.; Muasya, A.M. [267] Kenya K003612177 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5164] Nepal K001120001 Unknown Type Material Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [3172] Zambia K:SPC-38468.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Rhodohypoxis K003611244 Yes
Rhodohypoxis K:SPC-34542.000 No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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