Boophone disticha (L.f.) Herb.
First published in Bot. Mag. 52: t. 2578 (1825)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. South Sudan to S. Africa. It is a bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cape Provinces, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Amaryllis disticha L.f. in Suppl. Pl.: 195 (1782)
- Amaryllis toxicaria (L.f. ex Aiton) D.Dietr. in Syn. Plant. 2: 1181 (1840)
- Boophone toxicaria (L.f. ex Aiton) Herb. in Appendix: 18 (1821)
- Brunsvigia disticha (L.f.) Sweet in Hort. Brit.: 404 (1826)
- Brunsvigia toxicaria (L.f. ex Aiton) Ker Gawl. in Bot. Reg. 7: t. 567 (1821)
- Haemanthus distichus (L.f.) L.f. ex Savage in Herbertia 4: 97 (1937)
- Haemanthus toxicarius L.f. ex Aiton in Hort. Kew. 1: 405 (1789), nom. superfl.
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Boophone intermedia M.Roem. in Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 4: 59 (1847)
- Boophone longipedicellata Pax in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10: 4 (1888)
- Boophone toxicaria var. obtusifolia Herb. in Appendix: 18 (1821)
- Brunsvigia ciliaris (L.) Ker Gawl. in Bot. Reg. 3: t. 192, 193 (1817)
- Brunsvigia rautanenii Baker in Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 3: 667 (1903)
- Haemanthus ciliaris L. in Sp. Pl. ed. 2.: 413 (1762)
- Haemanthus lemairei De Wild. in Contr. Fl. Katanga: 33 (1921)
- Haemanthus robustus Pax in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 140 (1892)
- Haemanthus sinuatus Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg. ed. 15[bis]. 7: 892 (1830), nom. nud.
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Andrews, F.W. (1956). The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 1-579. T.Buncle & co., LTD., Arbroath, Scotland.
- Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Geerinck, D. (1973). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi) Amaryllidaceae: 1-23. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.
- Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
- Nordal, I. (1982). Amaryllidaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-30.
- Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2008). Flora Zambesiaca 13(1): 1-140. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Zimudzi, C., Archer, R.H., Kwembeya, E.G. & Nordal, I. (2006). Synopsis of Amaryllidaceae from the Flora Zambesiaca area. Kirkia. The Zimbabwe Journal of Botany 18: 151-168.
Flora Zambesiaca
- in Bot. Mag. 52: t.2578 (1825).
- in F.T.A. 7: 392 (1898).
- ―Baker in F.C. 6: 242 (1896);
- ―Dyer in Fl. Pl. Afr. 29: t.1141 (1953).
- ―Geerinck in F.A.C., Amaryllidaceae: 6 (1973).
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Andrews, F.W. (1956). The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 1-579. T.Buncle & co., LTD., Arbroath, Scotland.
- Geerinck, D. (1973). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi) Amaryllidaceae: 1-23. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- A.D.Q. Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Flowers p. 708, fig. (1974).
- Bak. in Fl. Cap. 6: 242 (1896)
- Bak. in Flora of Tropical Africa 7: 392 (1898).
- Dyer in Fl. PL Afr. 29, t. 1141 (1953).
- Geerinck in Flore d'Afrique Centrale, Amaryll.: 6 (1973).
- Herb. in Bot. Mag. 52, sub t. 2578 (1825).
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gorder [7587], Angola | K000554742 | No | |||
| Milne-Redhead, E. [2679], Zambia | 15593.000 | No | |||
| Bullock, A.A. [1214], Zambia | 17325.000 | No | |||
| Bally, P.R.O. [1126], Kenya | 17326.000 | No | |||
| 17327.000 | No | ||||
| Bullock, A.A. [1929], Tanzania | 23552.000 | No | |||
| Duff, C.E., Zambia | 23632.000 | No | |||
| Kevela, L. | 35995.000 | No | |||
| Leedal [5601], Tanzania | 41165.000 | No | |||
| Hood, J.A. | 45572.000 | No | |||
| Kirk, J. [s.n.], Tanzania | K000366062 | Unknown type material | Yes |
Sources
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Art and Illustrations in Digifolia
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew
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Flora Zambesiaca
- Flora Zambesiaca
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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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