Iridaceae
Aristea

Aristea capitata (L.) Ker Gawl.

First published in Bot. Mag. 17: t. 605 (1802)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SW. Cape Prov. It is a rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cape Provinces

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Goldblatt, P. & Manning, J.C. (2020). Iridaceae of southern Africa. Strelitzia 42: 1-1159. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (1993). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-iv, 1-825. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. [Cited as Aristea confusa.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Goldblatt, P. & Manning, J.C. (2020). Iridaceae of southern Africa. Strelitzia 42: 1-1159. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [6879] South Africa K002431022 Yes
Hutchinson, J. [1213] South Africa K002431023 Yes
[Hon. Mrs.] Ryder [s.n.] South Africa K002431020 Yes
Fourcade, H.G. [4095] South Africa K002431025 Yes
Hanekom, W.J. [2848] South Africa K002431029 Yes
Hodge, W.H. [8541] South Africa K002431024 Yes
Hutchinson, J. [1213] South Africa K001732480 Yes
Burchell [6011] South Africa K002431021 Yes
Chippindall, L. [s.n.] South Africa K002431019 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [759] South Africa Aristea spicata K001691277 Yes
Jan 1, 1937 Drege [s.n.] South Africa Aristea thyrsiflora K000320246 Type Yes
Orchard, E.R. [451] South Africa Aristea thyrsiflora K002430994 No
[W. L. J. van Rensburg] [1985] South Africa Aristea thyrsiflora K002430990 No
Worsdell, W.C. [s.n.] Aristea thyrsiflora K002430991 No
Henderson, M.R. [s.n.] Aristea thyrsiflora K002430986 No
Brown, N.E. [s.n.] South Africa Aristea thyrsiflora K002430996 No
Garside, S. [271] Aristea thyrsiflora K002430987 No
Rogers, F.A. [29278] Aristea thyrsiflora K002430995 No
s.coll. [10684] South Africa Aristea thyrsiflora K002430989 No
Wolley-Dod, A.H. [483] South Africa Aristea thyrsiflora K002430993 No
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa Aristea thyrsiflora K002430988 No
Worsdell, W.C. [s.n.] Aristea thyrsiflora K002430992 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 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 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images