Iridaceae
Ixia

Ixia polystachia L.

First published in Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 51 (1762)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SW. Cape Prov. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cape Provinces

Introduced into:

California, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Cooke, D.A. (1986). Flora of Australia 46: i-xii, 1-247. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Goldblatt, P. & Manning, J.C. (2020). Iridaceae of southern Africa. Strelitzia 42: 1-1159. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census/.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Cooke, D.A. (1986). Flora of Australia 46: i-xii, 1-247. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [s.n.] K002982624 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002982628 Yes
Goldblatt, P.; Porter, J.L.; Porter, L. [13771] South Africa K002982657 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002983026 Yes
Wicht, C.L. [27245] South Africa K002982638 Yes
Zeyher; Reichenbach, H.G. [s.n.] K002982654 Yes
Cooper, T. [1629] South Africa K002982640 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002983018 Yes
Garside, S. [1170A] K002982663 Yes
s.coll. [19120] South Africa K002982635 Yes
s.coll. [400] K002982653 Yes
Grey, F.W. [s.n.] South Africa K002982652 Yes
Bolus, H.M.L. [20402] South Africa K002982639 Yes
Lewis, G.J. [5659] South Africa K002982634 Yes
[A. J. du Sait] [NBG941/60] South Africa K002982658 Yes
[Thoms] [272] K002982655 Yes
s.coll. [386] K002982643 Yes
Bolus, H. [4214] K002982649 Yes
Wicht, C.L. [27245] South Africa K002982661 Yes
Salter, T.M. [1796] South Africa K002982623 Yes
Brown, H.E. [s.n.] South Africa K002982619 Yes
{Ecklon} [444] K002982627 Yes
[M. Riead] [s.n.] K002982616 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002982632 Yes
Schlechter, R. [5621] K002982617 Yes
s.coll. [2555] K002982662 Yes
{MacOwan; Bolus} [264] South Africa K002982664 Yes
Breda, V. [910] South Africa K002982659 Yes
Pillans, N.S. [6714] K002982648 Yes
{Drège} [8365] K002982642 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [s.n.] K002982630 Yes
Kitching, L. [s.n.] South Africa K002982629 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002982625 Yes
s.coll. [401] K002982644 Yes
MacGillivray, J. [476] K002982647 Yes
Zeyher [4007] K002982622 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002982621 Yes
Perry, G. [1395] Australia K002982463 Yes
Leipoldt, C.L. [21666] South Africa K002982636 Yes
Cooper, T. [1689] South Africa K002982641 Yes
Van Breda, P.A.B. [541] South Africa K002982660 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002982646 Yes
Cooper, W.T. [1689] South Africa K001737012 Yes
Cooper, T. [1629] South Africa K002982656 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002983017 Yes
{Drège} [8362] K002982645 Yes
s.coll. [403] K002982633 Yes
Garside, S. [1170A] K002982637 Yes
s.coll. [165] K002982626 Yes
Wright, A.E. [5177] New Zealand K002982467 Yes
Alexander, R.C. [s.n.] K002982620 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002982631 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002982651 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002983019 Yes
[M. B. Delekert] [s.n.] K002982618 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002982650 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ixia polystachia var. crassifolia K002982673 Yes
Ecklon, U.J. [s.n.] Ixia polystachia var. crassifolia K002982671 Yes
Ecklon, U.J. [s.n.] Ixia polystachia var. crassifolia K002982670 Yes
Ecklon, U.J. [s.n.] Ixia polystachia var. crassifolia K002982669 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ixia hybrida K002983032 Yes
Smith, C. [s.n.] Ixia hybrida K001737022 Yes
Smith, C. [s.n.] Guernsey Ixia hybrida K002983036 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ixia hybrida K001737020 Yes
Ecklon, U.J. [s.n.] Ixia hybrida K002983034 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ixia hybrida K001737019 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ixia hybrida K002983030 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ixia hybrida K002983027 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ixia hybrida K001737021 Yes
Smith, C. [s.n.] Guernsey Ixia hybrida K002983031 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ixia hybrida K002983033 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ixia hybrida K002983037 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ixia hybrida K002983029 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ixia hybrida K002983028 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ixia hybrida K002983035 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

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