Asparagaceae
Bowiea

Bowiea volubilis Harv. ex T.Moore & Mast.

First published in Gard. Chron. 1866: 971 (1866)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Uganda to S. Africa. It is a climbing bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Cape Provinces, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

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.
  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
  • Stedje, B. & Kativu, S. (2023). Flora Zambesiaca 13(3): 1-57. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Baker in Fl. Cap. 6: 367 (1896).
  • Hook.f. in Bot. Mag. 93: t.5619 (1867).
  • Manning et al. in Edinburgh J. Bot. 60: 554 (2004).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Stedje, B. (1996). Hyacinthaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-32.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Agnew, A.D.Q. & Agnew, S., Upland Kenya Wild Flowers, ed. 2: 318, t. 146 (1994) .
  • Baker in Fl. Cap. 6: 367 (1896).
  • Bruyns & Vosa in Caryologia 40: 291 (1987).
  • Hook.f. in Bot. Mag. 93, t. 5619 (1867).
  • Polhill in Journ. E. Afr. Nat. Hist. Soc. 24: 9 (1962).
  • Verdc. & Trump, Common Poisonous Pl. E. Afr.: 175 (1969).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 2, 2019 Osborne, J. [JO1528] Mozambique K001346232 Yes
Brummitt [10084] Malawi K002198034 No
Tyson, W. [482] South Africa K002198049 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1374] Tanzania K002198009 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002198053 No
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [8936] Zambia K001765041 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [18537] Kenya K002198006 No
Cooper, T. [3263] South Africa K001291884 Lectotype No
Cooper, T. [3609] South Africa K001291885 No
Lubbock, Sir J. [s.n.] South Africa K001291886 No
Eggeling, W.J. [5899] Uganda K002197999 No
Boscaware [H 48/35] Tanzania K002198008 No
Story, R. [1815] South Africa K002198078 No
Rogers, C.G. [559] Kenya K002197993 No
Schweickerdt, H.G. [1249] South Africa K002198065 No
Williams, G.R. [469] Kenya K002197995 No
Story, R. [1815] South Africa K002198079 No
Killick, D.J.B. [3888] South Africa K002198071 No
Faulkner, H.G. [4654] Tanzania K002198018 No
Pienaar, B.J. [553] South Africa K002198076 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002198052 No
Bally, P.R.O. [5293] Kenya K002198003 No
Hodge, W.H. [A-58] South Africa K002198045 No
Kepos [45212] K001069352 No
Chase, N.C. [362] Zimbabwe K002198028 No
Barber; Cooper [s.n.] South Africa K002198051 No
Wild, H. [5454] Zimbabwe K002198026 No
Tweedie [1400] Kenya K002198000 No
Leach; Pienaar [8205] Zimbabwe K002198025 No
Müller, T. [599] Zambia K002198024 No
Bally, P.R.O. [s.n.] Kenya K002198004 No
Miller, O.B. [2156] Zimbabwe K002198032 No
Lauterbach, C. [s.n.] South Africa K002198057 No
Napier, E.R. [1346] Kenya K000257005 Unknown Type Material Yes
{Vorontsova, M.S.; Christenhusz, M.J.M.; Kirika, P; Muthoka, P; Mbale, M.} [86] Kenya K002198005 No
Rudatis, H. [1316] South Africa K002198047 No
Napier, E.R. [1346] Kenya K000257006 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dyer; Mogg [s.n.] South Africa K002198073 No
Pope, G.; Smith, A.R.; Goyder, D. [2251] Malawi K002198033 No
Ranger, G.A. [322] South Africa K002198070 No
Leach, L.C. [8213] Zimbabwe K002198030 No
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [10128/A] South Africa K002198080 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002198081 No
Wells, M.J. [2324] South Africa K002198068 No
Bally [7895] Kenya K002197996 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1374] Tanzania K002198011 No
Bidgood, G.S.; Sitoni, D.; Vollesen, K.B.; Whitehouse, C. [3701] Tanzania K002198020 No
Pope, G. [101] Zambia K002198027 No
Rogers, C.G. [559] Kenya K002197992 No
Verdcourt [3669] Kenya K002197998 No
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002198048 No
Phipps, J.B. [2876] Zimbabwe K002198029 No
Hutton, H.; Harvey [s.n.] South Africa K002198059 No
Wells, M.J. [2324] South Africa K002198043 No
Hodge, W.H. [A-58] South Africa K002198058 No
Kuntze, C.E.O. [s.n.] South Africa K002198050 No
Gillett, J.B. [21078] Kenya K002198002 No
Codd, L.E.; Wint, B. [5129] South Africa K002198064 No
Schlieben, H.J. [7741] South Africa K002198046 No
Dyer; Mogg [s.n.] South Africa K002198074 No
Greenway, P.J. [4250] Tanzania K002198012 No
Acocks, J.P.H. [20133] South Africa K002198069 No
Henriques, C. [117] Angola K002198037 No
Galpin, E.E. [11965] South Africa K002198044 No
Leach, L.C.; Royle, P. [14817] Mozambique K002198036 No
Bowie [8592] Kenya K002197997 No
Goldblatt, P.; Manning, J.C. [10910] South Africa K002198075 No
Schÿff, H.P.V. [4173] South Africa K002198061 No
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002198055 No
Codd, L.E. [6477] South Africa K002198063 No
Acocks, J.P.H. [16383] South Africa K002198062 No
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [1660] Tanzania K002197994 No
Codd, L.E. [2552] South Africa K002198077 No
Brummitt, R.K. [10084] Malawi K002198035 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1374] Tanzania K002198010 No
Killick, D.J.B. [3864] South Africa K002198072 No
Lovett, J.; Howell, K.M. [815] Tanzania K002198019 No
Kuchar, P. [24487] Tanzania K002198017 No
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel [1565] Kenya K002198001 No
McKen [32] South Africa K002198060 No
[Versker] [[3665]] Zimbabwe K002198031 No
Hardy, S.; Bally [B.10735] Uganda K002198007 No
Bowker, N. [s.n.] South Africa K002198056 No
Buchanan [9] South Africa K002198054 No
Strey, R.G. [7165] South Africa K002198067 No

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