Asparagaceae
Eucomis

Eucomis pallidiflora Baker

First published in Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 2: 154 (1887)
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, Swaziland

Accepted Infraspecifics

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.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919. [Cited as Eucomis comosa.]

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?
s.coll. [s.n.] K002920124 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002920123 Yes
Wood, J.M. [720] South Africa K002920119 Yes
Thorncroft (Mrs) [s.n.] K002920125 Yes
K:SPC-32623.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002920247 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002920121 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002920116 Yes
Cooper, T. [1195] South Africa K002920083 No
Nelson [s.n.] South Africa K000257395 Type Yes
Nelson [s.n.] South Africa K000257396 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002920115 Yes
Cooper, T. [1195] South Africa K002920085 Yes
Rudatis, H. [1294] South Africa K002920118 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002920248 Yes
Smuts, N.R. [1033] South Africa K002920114 Yes
s.coll. [720] South Africa K002920120 Yes
Nelson [s.n.] K002920113 Yes
[Prosser] [1461] South Africa K002920117 Yes
Evans, M.S. [349] South Africa K002920122 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