Asparagaceae
Eucomis

Eucomis bicolor Baker

First published in Gard. Chron., n.s., 10: 492 (1878)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Africa. It is a bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Northern Provinces

Classification

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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. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.

Kew Species Profiles

  • Huxley, A., Griffiths, M. & Levy, M. (eds) (1997). The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening, Volume 2 (D–K). The Stockton Press, New York.
  • Koorbanally, C., Crouch, N. R. & Mulholland, D. A. (2006). The phytochemistry and ethnobotany of the southern African genus Eucomis (Hyacinthaceae: Hyacinthoideae). In: Phytochemistry: Advances in Research, ed. F. Imperato, pp. 69–85, Research Signpost.
  • Shuttleworth, A. & Johnson, S. D. (2010). The missing stink: sulphur compounds can mediate a shift between fly and wasp pollination systems. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 277: 2811–2819.
  • Taylor, J. L. S. & van Staden, J. (2001). COX-1 inhibitory activity in extracts from Eucomis L'Herit. species. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 75: 257–265.
  • Williams, V. L., Raimondo, D., Crouch, N. R., Cunningham, A. B., Scott-Shaw, C. R., Lötter, M., Ngwenya, A. M. & von Staden, L. (2008). Eucomis bicolor Baker. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants, version 2012.1.

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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Bremer [s.n.] South Africa K002920094 Yes
Sankey, H.J.; Harrismith, O.R.C. [298] K002920099 Yes
Mudd [s.n.] South Africa K000257392 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002920107 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002920112 Yes
{Allison} [s.n.] South Africa K002920095 Yes
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L.; Pre, E.K. [18271] South Africa K002920104 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002920108 Yes
Mr. [Krelang] [s.n.] K002920110 Yes
Jyson, W. [1436] South Africa K002920098 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002920100 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002920106 Yes
Killick, D.J.B. [1654] South Africa K002920092 Yes
Maurias; Evans [396] South Africa K002920102 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002920105 Yes
Thode, J. [A216] South Africa K002920103 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002920109 Yes
Codd, L.E. [10531] South Africa K002920093 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002920101 Yes
Devenish, N.J. [1250] South Africa K002920096 Yes
{Krelaag (Mr)} [s.n.] K002920111 Yes
Flanagan, H.G. [1829] South Africa K002920097 Yes
Mudd, C. [s.n.] South Africa K000257394 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Kew Species Profiles

    • Kew Species Profiles
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0