Hesperantha Ker Gawl.
First published in Ann. Bot. (König & Sims) 1: 224 (1804)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Cameroon, Ethiopia to S. Africa.
Distribution
Native to:
Botswana, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
South Australia, Western Australia
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Hesperanthus Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 321 (1812)
- Schizostylis Backh. & Harv. in Bot. Mag. 90: t. 5422 (1864)
Accepted Species
- Hesperantha acuta (Licht. ex Roem. & Schult.) Ker Gawl.
- Hesperantha alborosea Hilliard & B.L.Burtt
- Hesperantha altimontana Goldblatt
- Hesperantha bachmannii Baker
- Hesperantha ballii Wild
- Hesperantha baurii Baker
- Hesperantha brevicaulis (Baker) G.J.Lewis
- Hesperantha brevifolia Goldblatt
- Hesperantha brevistyla Goldblatt
- Hesperantha bulbifera Baker
- Hesperantha candida Baker
- Hesperantha cedarmontana Goldblatt
- Hesperantha coccinea (Backh. & Harv.) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Hesperantha crocopsis Hilliard & B.L.Burtt
- Hesperantha cucullata Klatt
- Hesperantha curvula Hilliard & B.L.Burtt
- Hesperantha debilis Goldblatt
- Hesperantha decipiens Goldblatt
- Hesperantha dolomitica Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Hesperantha elsiae Goldblatt
- Hesperantha erecta (Baker) Benth. ex Baker
- Hesperantha eremophila Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Hesperantha exiliflora Goldblatt
- Hesperantha falcata (L.f.) Ker Gawl.
- Hesperantha fibrosa Baker
- Hesperantha filiformis Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Hesperantha flava G.J.Lewis
- Hesperantha flexuosa Klatt
- Hesperantha glabrescens Goldblatt
- Hesperantha glareosa Hilliard & B.L.Burtt
- Hesperantha gracilis Baker
- Hesperantha grandiflora G.J.Lewis
- Hesperantha hantamensis Schltr. ex R.C.Foster
- Hesperantha helmei Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Hesperantha humilis Baker
- Hesperantha hutchingsiae Hilliard & B.L.Burtt
- Hesperantha huttonii (Baker) Hilliard & B.L.Burtt
- Hesperantha hygrophila Hilliard & B.L.Burtt
- Hesperantha inconspicua (Baker) Goldblatt
- Hesperantha ingeliensis Hilliard & B.L.Burtt
- Hesperantha juncifolia Goldblatt
- Hesperantha karooica Goldblatt
- Hesperantha kiaratayloriae Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Hesperantha lactea Baker
- Hesperantha latifolia (Klatt) M.P.de Vos
- Hesperantha laxifolia Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Hesperantha leucantha Baker
- Hesperantha lithicola J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
- Hesperantha longicollis Baker
- Hesperantha longistyla J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
- Hesperantha longituba (Klatt) Baker
- Hesperantha luticola Goldblatt
- Hesperantha malvina Goldblatt
- Hesperantha marlothii R.C.Foster
- Hesperantha minima (Baker) R.C.Foster
- Hesperantha modesta Baker
- Hesperantha montigena Goldblatt
- Hesperantha mtamvunae Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Hesperantha muirii (L.Bolus) G.J.Lewis
- Hesperantha namaquana Goldblatt
- Hesperantha oligantha (Diels) Goldblatt
- Hesperantha pallescens Goldblatt
- Hesperantha palustris Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Hesperantha pauciflora G.J.Lewis
- Hesperantha petitiana (A.Rich.) Baker
- Hesperantha pilosa (L.f.) Ker Gawl.
- Hesperantha pseudopilosa Goldblatt
- Hesperantha pubinervia Hilliard & B.L.Burtt
- Hesperantha pulchra Baker
- Hesperantha purpurea Goldblatt
- Hesperantha quadrangula Goldblatt
- Hesperantha radiata (Jacq.) Ker Gawl.
- Hesperantha rivulicola Goldblatt
- Hesperantha rupestris N.E.Br. ex R.C.Foster
- Hesperantha rupicola Goldblatt
- Hesperantha saldanhae Goldblatt
- Hesperantha saxicola Goldblatt
- Hesperantha schelpeana Hilliard & B.L.Burtt
- Hesperantha schlechteri (Baker) R.C.Foster
- Hesperantha scopulosa Hilliard & B.L.Burtt
- Hesperantha secunda Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Hesperantha spicata (Burm.f.) N.E.Br.
- Hesperantha stenosiphon Goldblatt
- Hesperantha sufflava Goldblatt
- Hesperantha teretifolia Goldblatt
- Hesperantha truncatula Goldblatt
- Hesperantha umbricola Goldblatt
- Hesperantha vaginata (Sweet) Goldblatt
- Hesperantha woodii Baker
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Cooke, D.A. (1986). Flora of Australia 46: i-xii, 1-247. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
- Goldblatt, P. & Manning, J.C. (2020). Iridaceae of southern Africa. Strelitzia 42: 1-1159. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- F.T.A. 7: 348.
- Ker-Gawl. in Kon. & Sims, Ann. Bot. 1: 224 (1804)
Flora Zambesiaca
- Goldblatt in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 73: 135 (1986).
- in Ann. Bot. (Konig & Sims) 1: 224 (1804).
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Goldblatt in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 73: 135 (1986)
- in Ann. Bot. (Konig & Sims) 1: 224 (1804)
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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Flora Zambesiaca
- Flora Zambesiaca
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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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