Hypoxis decumbens L.

First published in Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 986 (1759)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Tropical America. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Galápagos, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

KwaZulu-Natal

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2005). Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 52: 1-415.
  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Adams, C.D. (1972). Flowering Plants of Jamaica: 1-848. University of the West Indies, Mona.
  • Bono, G. (1996). Flora Y Vegetacion del Estado Táchira Venezuela: 1-951. Museo Regionaledi Scienze Naturali, Torino.
  • Braco, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru: 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1996). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1(6): 1-116. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
  • Fournet, J. (2002). Flore illustrée des phanérogames de Guadeloupe et de Martinique 2: 1325-2538. Gondwana editions.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 2: 1-694. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánes, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Leon, H. (1946). Flora de Cuba 1: 1-441. Cultural S. A., La Habana.
  • Liogier, H.A. & Martorell, L.F. (2000). Flora of Puerto Rico and Adjacent Islands: a Systematic Synopsis ed. 2: 1-382. Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan.
  • Moscoso, R.H. (1943). Catalogus Florae Domingensis: 1-732. New York.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Stevens, W.D. & al. (eds.) (2001). Flora de Nicaragua 2: 945-1910. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Sánchez-Ken, J.G. (2010). Flora del Valle de Tehuacán-Cuicatlán 83: 1-8. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Walderley, M.G.L., Shepherd, G.J., Melhem, T.S. & Giulietti, A.M. (eds.) (2005). Flora Fanerogâmica do Estado de São Paulo 4: 1-392. Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo.
  • Williams, R.O. (1983). Flora of Trinidad and Tobago 3(3): 201-277. Government Printing Office, Port-of-Spain.
  • Zuloaga, F.O. & Morrone, O. (eds.) (1996). Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledoneae). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de la República Argentina 1: 1-323. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.

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

  • Adams, C.D. (1972). Flowering Plants of Jamaica: 1-848. University of the West Indies, Mona.
  • Bono, G. (1996). Flora Y Vegetacion del Estado Táchira Venezuela: 1-951. Museo Regionaledi Scienze Naturali, Torino.
  • Braco, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru: 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1996). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1(6): 1-116. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
  • GBIF (2008- continuously updated). Global Biodiversity Information Facility http://www.gbif.org/.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Jaramillo Díaz, P. & Guézou, A. (2017). CDF Checklist of Galapagos Vascular Plants - FCD Lista de especies de Plantas Vasculares de Galápagos http://www.darwinfoundation.org/datazone/checklists/vascular-plants/.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánes, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Leon, H. (1946). Flora de Cuba 1: 1-441. Cultural S. A., La Habana.
  • Liogier, H.A. & Martorell, L.F. (2000). Flora of Puerto Rico and Adjacent Islands: a Systematic Synopsis ed. 2: 1-382. Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan.
  • Moscoso, R.H. (1943). Catalogus Florae Domingensis: 1-732. New York.
  • Sánchez-Ken, J.G. (2010). Flora del Valle de Tehuacán-Cuicatlán 83: 1-8. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Williams, R.O. (1983). Flora of Trinidad and Tobago 3(3): 201-277. Government Printing Office, Port-of-Spain.
  • Zuloaga, F.O. & Morrone, O. (eds.) (1996). Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledoneae). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de la República Argentina 1: 1-323. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.

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.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K000524755 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hinton; et al. [9236] Mexico K003613157 Yes
[Bis] [s.n.] K001613262 Yes
[Leggero] [615] Puerto Rico K003613190 Yes
[McLadyann] [s.n.] Jamaica K003613191 Yes
[Illegable] [s.n.] United States K003613192 Yes
Vargas, C. [9779] Peru K003613306 Yes
Dawe, M.T. [358] Colombia K003613288 Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Serrano, M. [13385] Bolivia K003613308 Yes
Yuncker, T.G.; Koepper, J.M.; Wagner, K.A. [8139] Honduras K003613151 Yes
Grubb, P.J.; Curry, B.A.B. [722] Colombia K003613292 Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Huaylla, H. [[20471]] Bolivia K003613314 Yes
Arbo, M.M.; Ferrucci, M.S.; González, A.M.; Schinini, A. [9321] Argentina K003613326 Yes
Spruce, R. [5068] Ecuador K003613295 Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K000524754 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [2830] Mexico K003613166 Yes
Coulter, T. [1546] Mexico K003613164 Yes
Peck, M.E. [412] Honduras K003613154 Yes
de Linden, J. [37] Mexico K003613165 Yes
Bernoulli, K.G.; Cario [192] Guatemala K003613281 Yes
Hinton; et al. [17165] Mexico K003613156 Yes
Lundell, C.L. [588] Honduras K003613155 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [9000] Bolivia K003613311 Yes
Seibert, R.J. [336] Panama K003613274 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [18600] Bolivia K003613313 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] Venezuela K003613294 Yes
Balls, E.K.; Gourlay, W.B. [B4721] Mexico K003613158 Yes
Schinini, A.; Tressens, S.G.; Vanni, R. [18525] Argentina K003613324 Yes
Christenhusz, M.J.M.; Vorontsova, M.; Barrios, J.J.; Watson, K.; Mateos, C.E. [5383] Guatemala K003613150 Yes
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [11191] South Africa K003613044 Yes
Howell, J.T. [9264] Ecuador K003613301 Yes
Blanchet, J.S. [3703] Brazil K003613278 Yes
Stewart, A. [1135] Ecuador K003613298 Yes
Stafford, D. (Miss) [234] Peru K003613304 Yes
Holm-Nielsen, L.B. [17075] Ecuador K003613302 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [909] Mexico K003613160 Yes
s.coll. [1532] Mexico K003613161 Yes
Lundell, C.L. [4269] Honduras K003613153 Yes
Arbo, M.M.; Ferrucci, M.S.; González, A.M.; Schinini, A. [9321] Argentina K003613327 Yes
Yuncker, T.G.; Dawson, R.F.; Youse, H.R. [5577] Honduras K003613152 Yes
Tweed [s.n.] Argentina K003613320 Yes
Tracey, J.A. [68] Colombia K003613287 Yes
Goodspeed, T.H. [23217] Argentina K003613321 Yes
Graham, R. [363] Mexico K003613284 Yes
Asplund, E. [s.n.] Ecuador K003613300 Yes
Lankester, C.H. [239] Costa Rica K003613148 Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Goyder, D.J. [15584] Bolivia K003613309 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003613043 Yes
Stork, H.E.; Horton, O.B. [10754] Peru K003613307 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [1230] Argentina K003613323 Yes
Schaffner [506] Mexico K003613163 Yes
s.coll. [60] Colombia K003613280 Yes
Fendler, A. [1565] Venezuela K003613293 Yes
Ramage, G.A. [s.n.] Dominica K003613282 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [8750] Bolivia K003613310 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [909] Mexico K003613159 Yes
Sprague, T.A. [275] Colombia K003613290 Yes
Jameson [211] K003613318 Yes
Lehmann, F.C. [7599] Colombia K003613276 Yes
Hawkes, J.G.; Hjerting, J.P.; Rahn, K. [3439] Argentina K003613325 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K003613319 Yes
Smith, H.H. [2266] Colombia K003613286 Yes
Camp, W.H. [E3395] Ecuador K003613299 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [18595] Bolivia K003613312 Yes
Triana, J. [514] Colombia K003613283 Yes
Wood, S.E. [179] K003613045 Yes
Rose, J.N. [1655] Mexico K003613162 Yes
[Lankener] [239] Costa Rica K003613149 Yes
Eyerdam, W.J.; Beetle, A.A. [23118] Argentina K003613322 Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K000524753 Unknown Type Material Yes
Stewart, A. [1135] Ecuador K003613297 Yes
Crueger [s.n.] Trinidad and Tobago K003613296 Yes
Dawe, M.T. [274] Colombia K003613289 Yes
Bourgeau, E. [654] Mexico K003613279 Yes
s.coll. [248] Colombia K003613285 Yes
Macbride, J.F. [s.n.] Peru K003613303 Yes
{D. Ll. Hugh-Jones} [440] Colombia K003613291 Yes
Lehmann, F.C. [7599] Colombia K003613277 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Colombia K003613275 Yes

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    • 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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    • Copyright applied to individual images
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