Asparagaceae
Drimiopsis

Drimiopsis maculata Lindl. & Paxton

First published in Paxton's Fl. Gard. 2: 73 (1851)
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 desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Tanzania

Introduced into:

Canary Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • 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.
  • Hansen, A. & Sunding, P. (1985). Flora of Macaronesia. Checklist of vascular plants. 3. revised edition. Sommerfeltia 1: 5-103.
  • Stedje, B. & Kativu, S. (2023). Flora Zambesiaca 13(3): 1-57. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Stedje, B. (1996). Hyacinthaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-32.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Baker in Fl. Cap. 6: 473 (1897).
  • Baker in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 13: 227 (1873);
  • Baker in Refug. Bot. 3: t.191 (1870);
  • Bandiera et al., Wild Fl. S Mozambique: 62 (2007).
  • Lindl. & Paxton in Paxton, Fl. Gard. 2: 73 (1851).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Stedje, B. & Kativu, S. (2023). Flora Zambesiaca 13(3): 1-57. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Lindl. & Paxton in Paxton Flow. Gard. 2: 73 (1851).
  • Stedje in Nordic Journ. Bot. 14: 48, fig. 3b (1994).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Monteiro [397] K000771780 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [27433] Mozambique K000771735 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000771781 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [13898] South Africa K000771764 Yes
Strey, R.G. [4322] South Africa K000771762 Yes
Balsinhas, A. [630] Mozambique K000771734 Yes
Theron, G.C. [1574] South Africa K000771773 Yes
Saunders, K. [s.n.] South Africa K000771771 Yes
Richards, H.M. [19330] Zambia K000771737 Yes
C.B.S. [s.n.] K000771779 Yes
Moll, E.J. [4239] South Africa K000771766 Yes
Buchanan, J. [s.n.] South Africa K000771770 Yes
Theron, G.C. [1574] South Africa K000771774 Yes
Hu, S.Y.; Liu, S. [104] China K000771783 Yes
Saunders, K. [s.n.] South Africa K000771769 Yes
Ross, H.; Moll, E.J. [2171] South Africa K000771767 Yes
Robertson, S.A. [6806] Kenya K000771721 Yes
Wood, M. [1013] South Africa K000771772 Yes
Lamboy; Cornwell [16470] Kenya K000771724 Yes
Saunders, K. [s.n.] South Africa K000771768 Yes
Richards, M. [19362] Zambia K000771736 Yes
Hutchinson, J. [4687] South Africa K000771763 Yes
Adamson, J. [372] Kenya K000771722 Yes
Vollesen, K. [3032] Tanzania K000771723 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000771782 Yes
Foster, M.B. [178] United States K000771778 Yes
Moll; Strey [3648] South Africa K000771765 Yes

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

    • '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 2024. 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 2024. 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