Asparagaceae

Dipcadi Medik.

First published in Hist. & Commentat. Acad. Elect. Sci. Theod.-Palat. 6: 431 (1790)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is S. Europe to Indian Subcontinent, Africa.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Baleares, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, Djibouti, DR Congo, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, France, Free State, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf States, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Kuwait, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel Is., Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Portugal, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Tadzhikistan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, 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 Genera starting with letter D: 1-30141.
  • Manning, J.C., Forest, F., Devey, D.S., Fay, M.F. & Goldblatt, P. (2009). A molecular phylogeny and a revised classification of Ornithogaloideae (Hyacinthaceae) based on an analysis of four placid DNA regions. Taxon 58: 77-107.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 7: 516.
  • in Act. Palat., Mannheim 6: 431 (1787)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Baker in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 11: 395–401 (1871).
  • Medik. In Acta Palat. 6: 431 (1790).
  • Obermeyer in Bothalia 8: 117–137 (1964).
  • Stedje & Thulin in Nordic J. Bot. 15: 592 (1995).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Baker in F.T.A. 7: 516 (1898)
  • Hepper in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 3: 104 (1968)
  • Oberm. in Bothalia 8: 118 (1964)
  • in Hist. & Comm. Acad. Theod. Palat. 6: 431 (1790)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • 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

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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 2026. 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

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Plants and People Africa

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/
    • © Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/