Amaryllidaceae

Agapanthus L'Hér.

First published in Sert. Angl.: 17 (1788), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Mozambique to S. Africa.

Distribution

Native to:

Cape Provinces, Eswatini, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Mozambique, Northern Provinces

Introduced into:

Ascension, Azores, Canary Is., Costa Rica, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Great Britain, Honduras, Jamaica, Madeira, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Norfolk Is., Portugal, St.Helena, Tasmania, Trinidad-Tobago, Tristan da Cunha, Victoria, West Himalaya

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Duncan, G. (2021). The Genus Agapanthus: 1-244. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Sert. Angl.: 17 (1789).
  • ―Leighton in J.S. Afr. Bot., Suppl. 4: 1–50 (1965).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
[illegible] [157] K002849232 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002849218 Yes
Cantor, T.E. [s.n.] K002849235 Yes
Licent, A.E. [2536] China K002849231 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002849208 Yes
Pierson, F. [17937] China K002849234 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002849206 Yes
[illegible] [[12/84]] K002849233 Yes
K:SPC-16685.000 No
K:SPC-05419.000 No
s.coll. [1754] K002849240 Yes
Schindler, A.K. [187] K002849242 Yes
Liechman, E.C. [s.n.] K002849237 Yes
Licent, A.E. [6433] China K002849236 Yes
Purdom, W. [s.n.] China K002849241 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002849207 Yes
K:SPC-16686.000 No
{M. I' abbé; David, A.} [2124] K002849238 Yes
Przewalski, N.M. [s.n.] Mongolia K002849230 Yes
K:SPC-05420.000 No
Gomes Sousa, A.F. [417] Mozambique K002849006 Yes
United Kingdom K:SPC-16689.000 No
Licent, A.E. [1603] China K002849239 Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images