Ledebouria socialis (Baker) Jessop
First published in J. S. African Bot. 36: 253 (1970)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Cape Prov. It is a bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Cape Provinces
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Scilla socialis Baker in Refug. Bot. 3: t. 180 (1870)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Ledebouria violacea (Hutch.) W.L.Tjaden in Brit. Cactus Succ. J. 7: 11 (1989)
- Scilla laxa Poelln. in Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 61: 209 (1944), nom. illeg.
- Scilla laxiflora Baker in Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 9: 668 (1891), nom. illeg.
- Scilla paucifolia Baker in Refug. Bot. 3: t. 181 (1870)
- Scilla violacea Hutch. in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1932: 511 (1932)
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.
- Venter, S. (2008). Synopsis of the genus Ledebouria Roth (Hyacinthaceae) in South Africa. Herbertia 62: 85-155.
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? |
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| Cooper [s.n.], South Africa | K000257492 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
| Cooper, T. [s.n.], South Africa | K000257493 | Yes | |||
| Hutchinson, J. [s.n.], South Africa | K000257495 | holotype | Yes | ||
| Cooper, T. [3635], South Africa | K000257494 | holotype | Yes | ||
| Scilla violacea | 32857.000 | No |
Sources
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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