Hypoxidaceae
Hypoxis

Hypoxis urceolata Nel

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 51: 336 (1914)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Congo to Eritrea and Tanzania, SW. Arabian Peninsula. It is a rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Congo, DR Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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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.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1968). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(1): 1-276.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Wiland-Szymanska (2001). The genus Hypoxis (Hypoxidaceae) in Central Africa. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 88: 302-350.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Morton, W. Afr. Lilies & Orch. fig. 36.
  • in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 51: 336 (1914)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Andrews, F.W. (1956). The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 1-579. T.Buncle & co., LTD., Arbroath, Scotland.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Wiland-Szymanska (2001). The genus Hypoxis (Hypoxidaceae) in Central Africa. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 88: 302-350.
  • Wiland-Szymanska, J. & Nordal, I. (2006). Hypoxidaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-25.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A Handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 88: 345, figs. 18A–G, 19 (2001).
  • E.J. 51: 336 (1914)
  • F.P.S. 3: 306 (1956)
  • F.W.T.A. 2: 394 (1936)
  • F.W.T.A. ed. 2, 3: 172 (1968)
  • Syll. Fl. Rwanda: VI.277, fig. p. VI.276 (1971)
  • W. Afr. Lilies and Orchids: 31, t. IX, fig. 35 (1968)
  • W.F.K. 130 (1948)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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 2026. 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