Agapanthus africanus (L.) Hoffmanns.
First published in Verz. Pfl.-Kult.: 35 (1824)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SW. Cape Prov. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome. It is has environmental uses and as a medicine.
Distribution
Native to:
Cape Provinces
Introduced into:
Ascension, Jamaica, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Trinidad-Tobago, West Himalaya
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Abumon africanum (L.) Britton in Fl. Bermuda: 72 (1918)
- Crinum africanum L. in Sp. Pl.: 292 (1753)
- Crinum floridum Salisb. in Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 228 (1796), nom. superfl.
- Mauhlia africana (L.) Dahl in Observ. Bot.: 26 (1787)
- Tulbaghia africana (L.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 718 (1891)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Agapanthus africanus var. leichtlinii (Baker) Beauverd in Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, sér. 2, 2: 198 (1910)
- Agapanthus medius Lodd. ex Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 33 (1840), nom. nud.
- Agapanthus minor G.Lodd. in Bot. Cab. 1: t. 42 (1817)
- Agapanthus umbellatus L'Hér. in Sert. Angl.: 18 (1789)
- Agapanthus umbellatus var. flore-albo Van Geert in Nursery Cat. (Auguste Van Geert) 78: 4 (1879), contrary to Art. 23.6. (ICN, 2012).
- Agapanthus umbellatus globosus J.R.Duncan & V.C.Davies in Nursery Cat. (Duncan & Davies) 1925: xiii (1925)
- Agapanthus umbellatus var. leichtlinii Baker in Gard. Chron., n.s., 10: 428 (1878)
- Mauhlia linearis Thunb. in Nov. Gen. Pl.: 111 (1792)
- Mauhlia umbellata (L'Hér.) Thunb. ex Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg. ed. 15[bis]. 7: 997 (1830)
- Tulbaghia africana f. heisteri (Fabr.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 317 (1898)
- Tulbaghia africana f. minor (G.Lodd.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 317 (1898)
- Tulbaghia heisteri Fabr. in Enum., ed. 2: 4 (1763)
- Tulbaghia minor (G.Lodd.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 718 (1891)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
- Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
- Duncan, G. (2021). The Genus Agapanthus: 1-244. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1993). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1(1): 1-76. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
- Fairhurst, W. (2004). Flowering Plants of Ascension island: 1-300. Higham Press, Shirland, Alfreton, England.
- Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
- Kumar, S. (2012). Herbaceous flora of Jaunsar-Bawar (Uttarkhand), India: enumerations. Phytotaxonomy 12: 33-56.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
- Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
- Duncan, G. (2021). The Genus Agapanthus: 1-244. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1993). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1(1): 1-76. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
- Fairhurst, W. (2004). Flowering Plants of Ascension island: 1-300. Higham Press, Shirland, Alfreton, England.
- Kumar, S. (2012). Herbaceous flora of Jaunsar-Bawar (Uttarkhand), India: enumerations. Phytotaxonomy 12: 33-56.
Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
- Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
- Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
- GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
- GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
- Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
- PROTA (2021). Plants Resources of Tropical Africa. https://prota4u.org/database/
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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Art and Illustrations in Digifolia
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Living Collection Database
- Common Names from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Living Collection https://www.kew.org/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images
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Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0