Asparagaceae
Drimia

Drimia modesta (Baker) Jessop

First published in J. S. African Bot. 43: 302 (1977)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Kenya to S. Africa. It is a bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cape Provinces, Eswatini, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. [Cited as Drimia calcarata.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Manning, J.C. & Goldblatt, P. (2018). Systematics of Drimia Jacq. (Hyacinthaceae: Urgineoideae) in southern Africa. Strelitzia 40: 1-173. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Stedje, B. & Kativu, S. (2023). Flora Zambesiaca 13(3): 1-57. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Williamson, C. [884] Lesotho K002198984 Yes
Coetzee, B.J. [1413] South Africa K002198981 Yes
Wood, J.M. [277] South Africa K000257347 Type Yes
Wood, J.M. [1036] South Africa K000257348 Type Yes
s.coll. [C6084] South Africa K002198979 Yes
Rudatis, H. [755] South Africa K002198978 Yes
Venter, S. [s.n.] South Africa K002198980 Yes
Devenish, N.J. [919] South Africa K002198977 Yes
Wood, J.M. [4562] South Africa K000257340 Type Yes
Hanekom, W.J. [1860] South Africa K002198982 Yes
Hanekom, W.J. [1860] South Africa K002198983 Yes
Bachmann, F. [273] South Africa Urginea modesta K000099182 Type Yes
Wild, H. [3536] Urginea nyasae K:SPC-04515.000 No
Van Jaarsveld, E.J.; Voigt, W. [17914] South Africa Drimia loedolffiae K000524679 Type Yes
Wood [5723] South Africa Urginea rubella K000099183 Type Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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 2025. 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 2025. 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