- Family:
- Asphodelaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Kniphofia Moench
Kniphofia uvaria (L.) Oken

[UPFC]
- Distribution
- Biogeografic region: Andean. Elevation range: 2000–2600 m a.s.l. Cultivated in Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Bogotá DC, Cundinamarca.
- Habit
- Herb.
- Ecology
- Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, shrubland, native grassland, artificial - terrestrial.
[UNAL]
Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/
- Vernacular
- llama, llamas, llamitas, rabo de runcho
[CPLC]
Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
- Distribution
- Cultivada en Colombia; Alt. 2000 - 2600 m.; Andes.
- Morphology General Habit
- Hierba
Native to:
Cape Provinces
Introduced into:
Argentina Northeast, California, Great Britain, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest, Oregon, Spain, St.Helena, Turkey, Washington
- Veltheimia speciosa Roth
- Veltheimia uvaria (L.) Willd.
- Aloe longifolia Lam.
- Aloe rigida Salisb.
- Aloe uvaria L.
- Kniphofia alooides Moench
- Kniphofia bachmannii Baker
- Kniphofia burchellii (Sweet ex Lindl.) Kunth
- Kniphofia occidentalis A.Berger
- Kniphofia odorata Heynh.
- Triclissa uvaria (L.) Salisb.
- Tritoma burchellii Sweet ex Lindl.
- Tritoma canari Carrière
- Tritoma glauca H.Vilm.
- Tritoma nobilis Guillon
- Tritoma recurva H.Vilm.
- Tritoma saundersii Carrière
- Tritoma uvaria (L.) Ker Gawl.
- Tritomanthe speciosa (Roth) Bosse
- Tritomanthe uvaria (L.) Link
- Tritomium uvaria (L.) Link
- Aletris uvaria (L.) L.
Kniphofia uvaria (L.) Oken appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Paterson [669], South Africa | K000256247 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Burchell [s.n.], South Africa | K000256248 | holotype | Yes | ||
Burchell [s.n.], South Africa | K000256249 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Burchell [s.n.], South Africa | K000256250 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Burchell [s.n.], South Africa | K000256251 | Unknown type material | Yes |
First published in Allg. Naturgesch. 3(1): 566 (1841)
Accepted by
- Brown, L.C. (1982). The Flora and Fauna of St Helena: 1-88. Land Resources Development Centre, Surbiton, England.
- Cantero, J.J. & al. (2016). Novedades para la flora de la Argentina Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica 51: 183-207.
- Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1984). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 8: 1-632. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
- Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1993). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1(2): 1-70. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
- Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Parslow, R. & Bennallick, I. (2017). The new flora of the Isles of Scilly: 1-539. Parslow Press.
- Whitehouse, C. (2016). Kniphofia; The complete guide: 1-440. Royal Horticultural Society.
Literature
Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
- Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Brown, L.C. (1982). The Flora and Fauna of St Helena: 1-88. Land Resources Development Centre, Surbiton, England.
- Cantero, J.J. & al. (2016). Novedades para la flora de la Argentina Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica 51: 183-207.
- Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1984). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 8: 1-632. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
- Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1993). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1(2): 1-70. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
- Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Parslow, R. & Bennallick, I. (2017). The new flora of the Isles of Scilly: 1-539. Parslow Press.
Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
- Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
- Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
- Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
- GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
- GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
- Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
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