Iridaceae
Aristea

Aristea alata Baker

First published in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 405 (1885)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to E. Tropical Africa. It is a rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Andrews, F.W. (1956). The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: i-viii, 1-579. T.Buncle & co., LTD., Arbroath, Scotland.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Goldblatt, P. (1996). Iridaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-89.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Hutchinson, J. & Dalziel, J.M. (1968). Flora of West Tropical Africa, second edition 3: i-vi, 1-276. Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 7: 347
  • Weimarck in Lunds Univ. Årssk. N.F. Avd. 2, 36: 42, fig. 8a-e (1940)
  • in J. Linn. Soc. 21: 405 (1885)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Goldblatt, P. (1996). Iridaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-89.
  • Hutchinson, J. & Dalziel, J.M. (1968). Flora of West Tropical Africa, second edition 3: i-vi, 1-276. Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.J. Jex-Blake, Some Wild Flowers of Kenya p. 126 (1948).
  • Agnew, A.D.Q. & Agnew, S., Upland Kenya Wild Flowers, ed. 2: 323, t. 150 (1994).
  • Baker in Flora of Tropical Africa 7: 347 (1898).
  • Baker in Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 21: 405 (1885)
  • Blundell, Wild Fl. E. Afr.: 428 (1987).
  • Chiov., Racc. Bot. Miss. Consol. Kenya: 119 (1935).
  • Weim. in Lunds Univ. Arssk., N.F., Avd. 2, 36: 42 (1940).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1937 Whyte, A. [s.n.] Kenya K000320200 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1937 Thomson [s.n.] Kenya K000320199 Holotype Yes
Buchwald [469] Tanzania K000320202 Isotype Yes
[1600] Cameroon K002430335 No
Mathew, B.F. [6142] Kenya K002430462 No
Lacey, B. [47] Kenya K002430464 No
Bjørnstad, I. [231] Tanzania K002430502 No
Whyte, A. [s.n.] Kenya K000320201 Unknown Type Material Yes
Greenway, P.J. [3851] Tanzania K002430491 No
[13058] Cameroon K002430337 No
Adamson, J. [535] Kenya K002430456 No
Archbold, N.E. [689] Tanzania K002430507 No
Drake-Brockmann, R.E. [157] K001732398 No
Magor, A. [24] Kenya K002430475 No
Karanja, S. [35] Kenya K002430461 No
Revell, R.J. [167] Tanzania K002430500 No
Maas Geesteranus, R.A. [5468] Kenya K002430481 No
Kerfoot, O. [2907] Kenya K001732410 No
Whittall, E. [172] Kenya K002430479 No
Burger, W. [1857] Ethiopia K002430360 No
R. E. [Fl]oreau [123] Kenya K002430477 No
Geilinger [4448] Tanzania K002430493 No
Turrall, R.G. [60] Tanzania K002430495 No
Haarer, A.E. [1173] Tanzania K002430490 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K001732409 No
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel [1090] Kenya K002430483 No
Townsend, C.C. [2420] Kenya K002430465 No
Kisena [379] Tanzania K001732414 No
{Major MacLaughlin} [B2850] Kenya K002430476 No
Bally [B 4939] Kenya K002430480 No
Grimshaw, J. [93841] Tanzania K002430510 No
{Polhill; Verdcourt; Lucas} [322] Kenya K002430467 No
Raistrick, R. [13a] Tanzania K002430509 No
{Sir Evan James} [s.n.] Kenya K002430474 No
Drake-Brockmann, R.E. [156] K001732397 No
{Major E. J. Cyril Lugard; Mrs. Cyril Lugard} [475] Kenya K002430453 No
Haarer, A.E. [B155] Tanzania K002430505 No
Friis; Awas, T.; Gibre-Hiwot, G. [8193] Ethiopia K002430358 No
Thorold, C.A. [1508] Kenya K002430458 No
{Polhill; Verdcourt; Lucas} [322] Kenya K002430468 No
Renvoize, S.A.; Abdallah, R.A. [2476] Tanzania K002430504 No
Geilinger [3910] Tanzania K002430496 No
Wilson, F.S. [33] Tanzania K002430506 No
Mabberley, D.J. [401] Kenya K002430459 No
Chandler, P. [2358] K001732408 No
Richards, H.M. (Mrs.) [21775] Tanzania K001732412 No
{Van heist} [394] Uganda K002430450 No
Fries, R.E.; Fries, T.C.E. [1185] Kenya K002430473 No
Gilbert, M.G.; Thulin, M.; Aweke, G. [454] Ethiopia K002430359 No
Verdcourt, B.; Polhill, R.; Lucas, G. [322] Kenya K:SPC-06652.000 No
Bjørnstad, I. [242] Tanzania K002430503 No
Bidgood, G.S.; Keeley, P. [295] Tanzania K002430511 No
Kerfoot, O. [1440] Kenya K002430463 No
Richards, M. [24419] Tanzania K002430489 No
Morton, J.K. [EA75] Tanzania K002430487 No
Geilinger [5122] Tanzania K002430498 No
Bogdan, A. [AB 3248] Kenya K002430457 No
Maas Geesteranus, R.A. [6013] Kenya K002430460 No
{Bytebier, B.; et al} [79] Kenya K002430455 No
Wesche, K. [2021] Kenya K002430471 No
[1797] Burundi K002430338 No
Fries, R.E.; Fries, T.C.E. [567] Kenya K002430478 No
[1600] Cameroon K001732395 No
Edwards, D.C. [1812] Kenya K002430454 No
Bally [7879] Kenya K001732411 No
{Mrs. H. M. Richards} [20888] Tanzania K002430488 No
Geilinger [4300] Tanzania K002430497 No
Wesche, K. [345] Kenya K002430470 No
Borhidi, A.; Iversen, S.T.; Mziray, W.R. [85129] Tanzania K002430508 No
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel [1368] Kenya K002430485 No
Gedge [12] Kenya K002430472 No
Burtt, B.D. [4095] Tanzania K002430499 No
Raynal, J. [19436] K002430482 No
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel [1614] Kenya K002430484 No
[FHI 30395] Cameroon K002430340 No
Napier, E.R. [522] Kenya K002430466 No
[48] Cameroon K002430336 No
Burtt, B.D. [4130] Tanzania K002430494 No
[5642] Cameroon K002430339 No
Rogers, C.G. [159] Tanzania K002430501 No
Geilinger [4277] Tanzania K002430492 No
Batty, M. [942] Tanzania K001732413 No

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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 2024. 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