Iridaceae
Aristea

Aristea polycephala Harms

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 365 (1900)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania to Mozambique. It is a rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania

Classification

Kew's Tree of Life Explorer

Discover the flowering plant tree of life and the genomic data used to build it.

View the Tree of Life
PAFTOL

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Goldblatt, P. (1993). Flora Zambesiaca: i-iv, 1-106. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.
  • 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 Tropical East Africa

  • Goldblatt in Flora Zambesiaca 12(4): 4 (1993).
  • Harms in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 28: 365 (1901).
  • Weim. in Lunds Univ. Arssk., N.F., Avd. 2, 36: 15 (1940).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [8148] Tanzania K002430382 No
Bjørnstad, I. [570] Tanzania K002430378 No
[H.E.E. Mson] [343] Tanzania K002430381 No
Michelmore, A.P.G. [952] Tanzania K002430373 No
Richards, H.M. (Mrs.) [17680] Tanzania K002430374 No
Pawek, J. [6594] Malawi K002430543 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Abdallah, R.A. [1955A] Tanzania K002430376 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [8148A] Tanzania K002430384 No
Watermeyer, A.M. [23] Tanzania K002430375 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [8148] Tanzania K:SPC-24411.000 No
Bidgood, G.S.; Keeley, P. [296] Tanzania K002430379 No
DE Leyser, E.A.E. [332] Tanzania K001732401 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [8148A] Tanzania K:SPC-24447.000 No
Cribb, P.; Grey-Wilson, C.; Mwasumbi, L. [10537] Tanzania K002430371 No
Sousa, G. [1108] K002430541 Yes
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [1418A] Tanzania K002430377 No
Leedal, G.P. [4772] Tanzania K002430369 No
[E. S. Ward] [1147] Tanzania K002430368 No
Pawek, J. [1856] Malawi K002430542 Yes
Taylor, P.G.; Milne-Redhead, E. [8148A] Tanzania K002430383 No
Brummitt, R.K.; Polhill, R.M. [13644] Tanzania K002430372 No
Schlieben, H.J. [371] Tanzania K002430380 No
Watermeyer, A. [216] Tanzania K002430366 No
Sousa [9775] Mozambique K002430540 Yes
Cribb; Grey-Wilson; Mwasumbi [10537] Tanzania K002430370 No
Macha, E.S. [149] Tanzania K002430365 No
[Rear-Adminal H. Lynes] [128] Tanzania K002430367 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora Zambesiaca

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

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • 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 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