Asparagaceae
Drimiopsis

Drimiopsis botryoides Baker

First published in J. Bot. 12: 364 (1874)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Ethiopia to Tanzania. It is a Bulbous geophyte and grows primarly in the Seasonally Dry Tropical biome(s).

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Demissew, S. & Nordal, I. (2010). Aloes and other Lilies of Ethiopia and Eritrea, ed, 2: 1-351. Shama Books, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  • Edwards, S., Demissew, S. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (1997). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 6: 1-586. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.
  • Stedje, B. (1996). Hyacinthaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-32.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Agnew, A.D.Q. & Agnew, S., Upland Kenya Wild Flowers, ed. 2: 320 (1994).
  • Baker in Flora of Tropical Africa 7: 543 (1898).
  • Baker in Saunders, Refug. Bot. 3, App. 17 (1870)
  • Polhill in Journ. E. Afr. Nat. Hist. Soc. 24: 18 (1962).
  • Stedje in Nordic Journ. Bot. 14: 49, figs. 2c, d, 3d, e (1994).
  • Thulin, Fl. Somalia 4: 54 (1995).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 10, 2003 Blackburn, J. [s.n.] K000099755 Unknown type material Yes
Rayner, R.W. [440], Kenya 2434.000 No
Drummond, R.B. [2022], Tanzania 2435.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [7357], Tanzania 24507.000 No
Drummond, R.B. [2524], Tanzania 5463.000 No
Drummond, R.B. [3678], Tanzania 5464.000 No
Greenway, P.J. [10235], Tanzania 5575.000 No
Bally, P.R.O. [386/48], Kenya 8977.000 No
Luke, P.A. [3934], Kenya K000771672 Yes
Rayner [440], Kenya K000771683 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000771784 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000771786 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000771785 Yes
Robertson, S.A. [6975], Kenya K000771673 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.], United Kingdom K000771787 Yes
Frils, I. [4739], Somalia K000899949 Yes
Friis, I. [4675], Somalia K000771654 Yes
Clunies-Ross [70], Tanzania K000771710 Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • 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 2022. 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

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2022. 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