Iridaceae
Dierama

Dierama formosum Hilliard

First published in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 45: 80 (1988)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Tropical Africa to N. Mpumalanga. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Zimbabwe

Classification

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Publications

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.
  • Goldblatt, P. & Manning, J.C. (2020). Iridaceae of southern Africa. Strelitzia 42: 1-1159. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.
  • Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi. Scripta Botanica Belgica 34: 1-199.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Goldblatt, P. & Manning, J.C. (2020). Iridaceae of southern Africa. Strelitzia 42: 1-1159. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1987 Purves, J.M. [111] Malawi K000286502 No
Jan 1, 1987 Wiehe, P.O. [352] Malawi K000286505 No
Jan 1, 1987 Wiehe, P.O. [352] Malawi K000286504 No
Jan 1, 1987 McClounie, J. [s.n.] Malawi K000286503 No
Jan 1, 1987 Burtt Davy, J. [21980] Malawi K000286500 No
Jan 1, 1987 Plowes, D.C.H. [2215] Zimbabwe K000286510 No
Jan 1, 1987 Greenway, P.J. [6317] Malawi K000286498 No
Jan 1, 1987 Wild, H. [1348] Zimbabwe K000286512 No
Jan 1, 1987 Robinson, E.A. [1878] Zimbabwe K000286511 No
Jan 1, 1987 Plowes, D.C.H. [2268] Zimbabwe K000286509 Holotype Yes
Jan 1, 1987 Greenway, P.J. [6317] Malawi K000286499 No
Jan 1, 1987 Wild, H. [6144] Malawi K000286506 Yes
Jan 1, 1987 Tinley, K.L. [2208] Mozambique K000286507 No
Jan 1, 1987 Chase, N.C. [7173] Zimbabwe K000286508 No
Jan 1, 1987 Burtt Davy, J. [21980] Malawi K000286501 No
Jan 1, 1987 Wild, H. [1348] Zimbabwe K000286513 No
Plowes, D.C.H. [2362] Zimbabwe K002981696 Yes
Harris, T. [328] Mozambique K000613764 No
van der Schijff, H.P. [4809] South Africa K002981746 Yes
Galpin, E.E. [13024] South Africa K002981744 Yes
Wild, H. [3540] Zimbabwe K002981699 Yes
Munch, R.C. [285] Zimbabwe K002981695 Yes
Munch, R.C. [331] Zimbabwe K002981698 Yes
Munch, R.C. [331] Zimbabwe K002981697 Yes
Werdermann, E.; Oberdieck, H.D. [2052] South Africa K002981745 Yes
Simon, B.K. [842] Zimbabwe K002981694 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • 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