Ornithogalum saundersiae Baker

First published in Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 10: 452 (1891)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mpumalanga to KwaZulu-Natal. It is a bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces, Swaziland

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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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.
  • Manning, J.C., Forest, F., Devey, D.S., Fay, M.F. & Goldblatt, P. (2009). A molecular phylogeny and a revised classification of Ornithogaloideae (Hyacinthaceae) based on an analysis of four placid DNA regions. Taxon 58: 77-107.

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.] K002196804 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [21745] K002196807 Yes
[O. aralieum] [471-88] South Africa K002196805 No
Prosser, R.W. [1780] South Africa K002196607 No
Hutchinson, J. [2477] South Africa K002196598 No
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002196612 No
Hutchinson, J. [2477] South Africa K002196601 No
Jenkins [7294] South Africa K002196605 No
Leach, L.C.; Bayliss, R.D. [10631] South Africa K002196596 No
Hutchinson, J. [2477] South Africa K002196600 No
Hodge, W.H. [A-77] South Africa K002196603 No
Hutchinson, J. [2477] South Africa K002196599 No
Wilms, F. [1472] South Africa K000365557 Type Yes
Leach, L.C. [11571] South Africa K002196606 No
Codd, L.E. [8251] South Africa K002196604 No
Saunders, K. [s.n.] South Africa K000365558 Holotype Yes
Saunders, K. [s.n.] South Africa K000365560 Holotype Yes
Reynolds, G.W. [5843] South Africa K002196609 No
Hodge, W.H. [A-77] South Africa K002196602 No
Ward, C.J. [2085] South Africa K002196597 No
Reynolds, G.W. [5843] South Africa K002196608 No
Holtzhausen [69464] K002196806 Yes
Galpin, E.E. [1205] South Africa K002196595 No
K:SPC-70456.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • 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
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