Litanthus Harv.

First published in London J. Bot. 3: 314 (1844)
This name is a synonym of Drimia

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising 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. [Cited as Drimia.]
  • Manning, J.C. & Goldblatt, P. (2018). Systematics of Drimia Jacq. (Hyacinthaceae: Urgineoideae) in southern Africa. Strelitzia 40: 1-173. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. [Cited as Drimia.]
  • 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. [Cited as Drimia.]

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Baker in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 11: 419 (1871).
  • Harv. in Lond. J. Bot. 3: 314 (1844).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • 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/
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