Iridaceae
Aristea

Aristea angolensis Baker

First published in Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 1: 270 (1878)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Demissew, S. & Nordal, I. (2010). Aloes and other Lilies of Ethiopia and Eritrea, ed, 2: 1-351. Shama Books, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  • Edwards, S., Demissew, S., & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (1997). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 6: i-xxviii, 1-586. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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. & Manning, J.C. (2020). Iridaceae of southern Africa. Strelitzia 42: 1-1159. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Goldblatt, P. (1993). Flora Zambesiaca: i-iv, 1-106. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Goldblatt, P. (1996). Iridaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-89.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • 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.
  • Lebrun J.-P. & Stork, A.L. (1995). Énumération des Plants à Fleurs D'Afrique Tropicale 3: 1-341. Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques de la Ville de Genève.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 7: 347
  • Weimarck in Lunds Univ. Årssk. N.F. Avd. 2, 36: 18, fig. 2 1-p (1940).
  • in Trans. Linn. Soc., ser. 2, 1: 270 (1878)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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. (1978). Systematics of Moraea (Iridaceae) in Tropical Africa. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 64: 243-295.
  • 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

  • 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 Trans. Linn. Soc., ser. 2, 1: 270 (1878)
  • Blundell, Wild Fl. E. Afr.: 428 (1987).
  • Goldblatt in Flora Zambesiaca 12(4): 3 (1993).
  • Hepper in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 139 (1968).
  • Vincent in S. Afr. Journ. Bot. 51: 229 (1985).
  • Weim. in Lunds Univ. Arssk., N.F., Avd. 2, 36: 18 (1940).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
{Rayner} [549] Kenya K001732404 Yes
Smeds, H. [1242] Ethiopia K002430356 No
Nyasisi, P. [601] Zimbabwe K002430568 Yes
Chase, N.C. [7279] Zimbabwe K002430575 Yes
Bullock, A.A. [2069] Tanzania K002430391 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Mbago, F.; Vollesen, K.B. [2362] Tanzania K002430397 Yes
Wellman, F.C. [1787] Angola K002430576 Yes
Eyles, F. [1996] Zimbabwe K002430574 Yes
Stolz, A. [2458] Tanzania K002430401 Yes
{Mrs. Tweedie} [1182] Kenya K002430385 Yes
Wild, H. [3736] Zimbabwe K002430573 Yes
Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. & Bidgood, S. [9900] Zambia K001567226 Yes
Merrett, L. [2462] Zambia K001567251 Yes
Leedal, G.P. [5236] Tanzania K001732405 Yes
Chase, N.C. [5166] Zimbabwe K002430572 Yes
Banda, E.A. [906] Malawi K002430547 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Rutherford-Smith, R.O.B. [7007] Zambia K002430564 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Sitoni, D.; Vollesen, K.B.; Whitehouse, C. [3400] Tanzania K002430395 Yes
Richards, H.M. [1034] Zambia K002430563 Yes
[5668] Burundi K002430330 No
Pawek, J. [7489] Malawi K002430553 Yes
de Wilde, J.J.F.E. [5713] Ethiopia K002430355 No
Linder [3901] Malawi K002430546 Yes
Richards, H.M. [22819] Zambia K002430561 Yes
Richards, M. [22634] Malawi K002430551 Yes
Merrett, L. [LM 1167] Zambia K001732420 Yes
Phillips, E. [69] Malawi K002430548 Yes
Tweedie [1182] Kenya K001732402 Yes
Pawek, J. [2798] Malawi K002430545 Yes
Myres, R.J. [172] Zimbabwe K002430571 Yes
Chapman, J.D. [1501] Malawi K002430552 Yes
Richards, H.M. [12039] Zambia K001732419 No
Richards, H.M. [2176] Zambia K001732418 Yes
Bullock, A.A. [1409] Zambia K002430554 Yes
[2673] Burundi K002430329 No
Goldblatt, P.; Brummitt, R.K.; Lovett, J. [8222] Tanzania K002430399 Yes
Fries, R.E.; Fries, T.C.E. [368] Kenya K002430388 Yes
Richards, H.M. [5161] Zambia K002430555 Yes
[138] Cameroon K002430326 No
Medley Wood, J. [206] K002430709 Yes
[2328] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002430327 No
{Harvey} [145] Kenya K002430389 Yes
Grosvenor, R.K. [776] Zimbabwe K002430569 Yes
[5118] Burundi K002430328 No
Faulkner, H.G.; Drawing [A 219] Angola K002430577 Yes
Stolz, A. [2458] Tanzania K002430400 Yes
Eyles, F. [4716] Zimbabwe K002430567 Yes
G. [Delia] [23] Zimbabwe K002430565 Yes
Bullock, A.A. [2069] Tanzania K002430392 Yes
Wiltshire, F.M. [2] Kenya K002430386 Yes
Goldblatt, P.; Brummitt, R.K.; Lovett, J. [8222] Tanzania K002430398 Yes
{Rayner} [549] K001732403 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Mbago, F.; Vollesen, K.B. [2496] Tanzania K002430396 Yes
Merrett, L. [LM 630] Zambia K002430560 Yes
Sanane, M. [1433] Zambia K002430562 Yes
F.E. [4719] Zimbabwe K002430566 Yes
[TFM 366] Cameroon K002430325 No
{J. de Koning} [7706] Mozambique K002430544 Yes
Richards, H.M. [6814] Zambia K002430556 Yes
Stolz, A. [2458] Tanzania K002430402 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [10708] Malawi K002430550 Yes
Munch, R.C. [149] Zimbabwe K001732421 Yes
Martineau, R.A.S. [888] Zimbabwe K002430570 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [2697] Zambia K002430559 Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [1419] Tanzania K002430390 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [10521] Zambia K002430558 Yes
Battiscombe, E. [831] K002430387 Yes
Buchwald, J. [417] K002430393 Yes
Richards, H.M. [6814] Zambia K002430557 Yes
Mesfin; Sebsebe; Ensermu [3638] Ethiopia K002430354 No
Pawek [3651] Malawi K002430549 Yes
{Mrs. H. M. Richards} [8429] Tanzania K002430394 Yes

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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

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    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0