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, Eswatini, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, 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 Genera starting with letter 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:

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