Kniphofia linearifolia Baker
First published in Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 35: 5 (1892)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Malawi to S. Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Kniphofia alooides var. maxima (Baker) Baker in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 6: 283 (1896)
- Kniphofia linearifolia var. kuntzei A.Berger in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 38: 58 (1908)
- Kniphofia linearifolia var. montana A.Berger in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 38: 58 (1908)
- Kniphofia longiflora Baker in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1901: 134 (1901)
- Kniphofia longistyla Baker in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1893: 158 (1893)
- Kniphofia rhodesiana Rendle in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 40: 214 (1911)
- Kniphofia uvaria var. maxima Baker in Bot. Mag. 107: t. 6553 (1881)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Caminho, J., Mutemba, L., Matusse, E., Osborne, J., Wursten, B., Burrows, J., Cianciullo, S., Malatesta, L. & Attorre, F. (2022). An updated checklist of Mozambique’s vascular plants. PhytoKeys 189: 61-80.
- Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Pope, G.V. (ed.) (2001). Flora Zambesiaca 12(3): 1-106. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Whitehouse, C. (2016). Kniphofia; The complete guide: 1-440. Royal Horticultural Society.
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.
- Pope, G.V. (ed.) (2001). Flora Zambesiaca 12(3): 1-106. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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| Jan 1, 1969 | Codd, L.E. [9262], South Africa | K000256255 | isoneotype | Yes | |
| Jan 1, 1969 | Codd, L.E. [9262], South Africa | K000256256 | isoneotype | Yes | |
| Jan 1, 1967 | Saunders? [s.n.], South Africa | K000256253 | Unknown type material | Yes | |
| Jan 1, 1967 | Watkins [s.n.], South Africa | K000256254 | holotype | Yes | |
| Jan 1, 1967 | Kuntze, O. [s.n.], South Africa | K000256273 | Unknown type material | Yes | |
| Brummitt, R. [9983], Malawi | 35933.000 | No | |||
| South Africa | 4468.000 | No | |||
| Buchanan [1482], Malawi | K000256171 | holotype | Yes | ||
| Wild, H. [27364], Zimbabwe | Kniphofia longiflora | 4469.000 | No | ||
| Milne-Redhead, E. [4111], Angola | Kniphofia rhodesiana | 30211.000 | No |
Sources
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Flora Zambesiaca
- Flora Zambesiaca
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images