Iridaceae
Aristea
Aristea angolensis

Aristea angolensis subsp. angolensis

This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is Tropical Africa. It is a rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

Kew's Tree of Life Explorer

Discover the flowering plant tree of life and the genomic data used to build it.

View the Tree of Life
PAFTOL

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Goldblatt, P. (1978). Systematics of Moraea (Iridaceae) in Tropical Africa. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 64: 243-295.
  • Goldblatt, P. (1996). Iridaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-89.
  • Hutchinson, J. & Dalziel, J.M. (1968). Flora of West Tropical Africa, second edition 3: i-vi, 1-276. Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 1, 1998 Maisels, F. [153] Cameroon K000746832 No
Jan 1, 1937 Scott Elliot, G.F. [6935] Kenya K000320196 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1937 Whyte, A. [s.n.] Malawi K000320204 Type Yes
Codd, L.E.; de Winter, B. [3325] South Africa K002430711 Yes
Welwitsch [1550] Angola K000320205 Type Yes
Killick, D.J.B. [1160] South Africa K002430712 Yes
[illegible] [1804] South Africa K002430706 Yes
Schlechter, R. [4026] South Africa K002430715 Yes
Werdermann, E.; Oberdieck, H.D. [2140] South Africa K002430707 Yes
Codd, L.E.; [B de Winte] [5325] South Africa K002430714 Yes
Howe, H. [48] South Africa K002430705 Yes
Leistner, O.A. [521] South Africa K002430716 Yes
Richards, H.M. [7657] Tanzania Aristea angolensis var. robusta K000320197 Type Yes
Leedal, G.P. [5295] Tanzania Aristea angolensis var. robusta K002430403 Yes
Richards, M. [18475] Tanzania Aristea angolensis var. robusta K002430404 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • 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 2024. 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 2024. 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