Asparagaceae
Eucomis

Eucomis comosa (Houtt.) H.R.Wehrh.

First published in Gartenstauden 1: 154 (1929)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal. It is a bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [s.n.] K002920231 Yes
[Cheluna] [s.n.] K002920235 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002920254 Yes
Cooper, T. [1195] South Africa K002920084 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002920087 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002920239 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002920242 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002920232 Yes
Baur, R. [765] South Africa K002920088 Yes
s.coll. [451/63] K002920245 Yes
Evans, M. [349] South Africa K000257393 Type Yes
Krelaay [s.n.] K002920244 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002920236 Yes
Howard [s.n.] K002920238 Yes
MacDaniels, L.H. [685] Mexico K002920243 Yes
s.coll. [1921] K002920089 Yes
Goodwyn, A.S.B. [s.n.] K002920237 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002920240 Yes
Pegler, A. [320] South Africa K002920086 Yes
s.coll. [3434] South Africa K002920091 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • 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