Asparagaceae
Dipcadi

Dipcadi vaginatum Baker

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 523 (1898)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania to S. Africa. It is a bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Tanzania, Zambia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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:

  • 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. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS Genera starting with letter D: 1-30141.
  • Stedje, B. & Kativu, S. (2023). Flora Zambesiaca 13(3): 1-57. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Baker in F.T.A. 6: 523 (1898).
  • Obermeyer in Bothalia 8: 134 (1964).
  • Stedje in F.T.E.A., Hyacinthaceae: 2 (1996).
  • Sölch et al. in Merxmüller, Prod. Fl. SW Afrika 147: 43 (1970).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Stedje, B. & Kativu, S. (2023). Flora Zambesiaca 13(3): 1-57. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Baker in Flora of Tropical Africa 7: 523 (1898).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

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

    • 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 2026. 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 2026. 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