Asparagaceae
Drimia

Drimia sanguinea (Schinz) Jessop

First published in J. S. African Bot. 43: 293 (1977)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Tropical & S. Africa. It is a bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Zambia, Zimbabwe

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 D: 1-30141.
  • 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.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Jessop in J. S. Afr. Bot. 43: 293 (1977).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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?
Jan 1, 2005 Wild, H. [3154] Zimbabwe K:SPC-02486.000 No
Seydel, R. [4084] K002199088 No
Pawek, J. [10400] Malawi K002198792 Yes
Bolus, H. [7628] South Africa K000257375 Type Yes
Rogers, F.A. [529] Zambia K002198795 Yes
Skarpe, C. [S-191] Botswana K002198808 Yes
King, A.E. [128] Zambia K002198789 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [895] Zambia K002198788 Yes
s.coll. [2673] Zimbabwe K002198796 Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [2292] Botswana K002198805 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F338] Zambia K002198785 Yes
Pawek, J. [7475] Malawi K002198791 Yes
[M. William] [BH15237] South Africa K002199082 No
s.coll. [2647] South Africa K002199080 No
Seydel, R. [4071] K002199090 No
Lambrecht, F.L. [391] Botswana K002198802 Yes
Sturgeon, K.E. [30657] Zimbabwe K002198798 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F5816] Zambia K002198790 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [5853] Zambia K002198787 Yes
s.coll. [961] K002199081 No
s.coll. [6735] Botswana K002199083 No
Mutimushi, J.M. [3668] Zambia K002198781 Yes
s.coll. [8822] Zimbabwe K002198793 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [5342] Zambia K002198797 Yes
Burke [s.n.] South Africa K000257374 Type Yes
Mavi, S. [1149] Botswana K002198804 Yes
{Lord Methven} [286AB] Zimbabwe K002198801 Yes
Goldsmith, B. [157/68] Zimbabwe K002198800 Yes
Nelson, W. [170] South Africa K000257376 Type Yes
s.coll. [7940] Zimbabwe K002198794 Yes
Brown, R.C. [6735] Botswana K002198803 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Brenan, J.P.M. [8168] Zambia K002198783 Yes
Meneses, O.J.A. [1183] Angola K002198809 Yes
Wild, H. [3154] Zambia K002198786 Yes
Seydel, R. [s.n.] K002199089 No
Mott, P.J. [742] Botswana K002198806 Yes
Schinz, H. [25] South Africa K000257377 Type Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Brenan, J.P.M. [8038] Zambia K002198784 Yes
{Lord Methuen} [M142] K002199091 No
Wild, H. [3021] Zimbabwe K002198799 Yes
Mutimushi, J.M. [3570] Zambia K002198782 Yes
Smith, P.A. [240] Botswana K002198807 Yes
Urginea burkei K:SPC-70000.534 No

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

  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Plants and People Africa

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/
    • © Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/