Amaryllidaceae
Zephyranthes

Zephyranthes robusta (Herb.) Baker

First published in Handb. Amaryll.: 35 (1888)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. & S. Brazil to N. Argentina. It is a bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is has environmental uses.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Uruguay

Introduced into:

Colombia, Florida, KwaZulu-Natal, Mauritius

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • 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 Habranthus robustus.]

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Bosser, J. & al. (eds.) (1978). Flore des Mascareignes 177-188 IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2002). Flora of North America North of Mexico 26: 1-723. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Ravenna, P. (1974). Contributions to South American Amaryllidaceae VI. Plant Life 30: 29-79.
  • Walderley, M.G.L., Shepherd, G.J., Melhem, T.S. & Giulietti, A.M. (eds.) (2005). Flora Fanerogâmica do Estado de São Paulo 4: 1-392. Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Harley, R.M.; Hind, D.J.N.; Simao, R.; Fothergill, J.M.; et al. [25712] Brazil Habranthus robustus K001245688 Yes
[H. K.] [s.n.] Habranthus robustus K002464337 Yes
Pedersen, T.M. [3075] Argentina Habranthus robustus K002464301 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Habranthus robustus K002464349 Yes
Batty, M. [1010] Tanzania Habranthus robustus K002464356 Yes
Dombrowski, L. [603] Brazil Habranthus robustus K001245690 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Habranthus robustus K002464351 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Habranthus robustus K002464335 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Habranthus robustus K002464339 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Habranthus robustus K002464340 Yes
Tweedie [s.n.] Argentina Habranthus robustus K002464303 Yes
Ganev, W. [1181] Brazil Habranthus robustus K001245687 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Habranthus robustus K002464346 Yes
Johnson, M.A. [[57-37]] Habranthus robustus K002464347 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Habranthus robustus K002464334 Yes
Hume, H.H. [s.n.] United States Habranthus robustus K002464342 Yes
{Burchell} [8123] Brazil Habranthus robustus K002464304 Yes
West, E. [s.n.] United States Habranthus robustus K002464343 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Habranthus robustus K002464353 Yes
s.coll. [[71]] Habranthus robustus K002464336 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Habranthus robustus K002464345 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Habranthus robustus K002464350 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Wilmot-Dear, M.; Kiesling, R. [3459] Argentina Habranthus robustus K002464302 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Habranthus robustus K002464341 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Habranthus robustus K002464344 Yes
Verdcourt, B. [73] Tanzania Habranthus robustus K002464358 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Habranthus robustus K002464348 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Habranthus robustus K002464352 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Habranthus robustus K002464354 Yes
Schinini, A.; Ahumada, O.; Cabral, E. [17172] Argentina Habranthus robustus K002464305 Yes
Dombrowski, L.T.; Saito, Y.; Pereira, M.L. [s.n.] Brazil Habranthus robustus K001245689 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Habranthus robustus K002464338 Yes
Verdcourt, B. [35] Tanzania Habranthus robustus K002464357 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • 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.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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