Asparagaceae
Eriospermum

Eriospermum abyssinicum Baker

First published in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 15: 263 (1876)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Free State, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • 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.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1968). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(1): 1-276.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. [Cited as Eriospermum flagelliforme.]
  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919. [Cited as Eriospermum flagelliforme.]

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 7: 471
  • Morton, Lilies & Orch. t. 8.
  • Troupin in Expl. Parc Nat. Garamba 4: 196
  • in J. Linn. Soc. 15: 263 (1876)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Agnew, A.D.Q. & Agnew, S., Upland Kenya Wild Flowers, ed. 2: 313, t. 142 (1994).
  • Baker in Flora of Tropical Africa 7: 471 (1898).
  • Baker in Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 15: 263 (1876)
  • Bullock et al. in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1933: 98 (1933).
  • Champl. & Maquet in Fl. Rwanda 4: 48 (1987).
  • Hepper in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 94, fig. 350 (1968).
  • Moriarty, Wild Fl. Malawi: 29, t. 15/1 (1975).
  • P.L. Perry in Contr. Bolus Herb. 17: 80 (1994).
  • Polhill in Journ. E. Afr. Nat. Hist. Soc. 24: 19 (1962).
  • Vollesen in Opera Bot. 59: 89 (1980).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 11, 2013 Blittersdorff, R.V. [62] Tanzania K001604869 Yes
Jun 11, 2013 Blittersdorff, R.V. [62a] Tanzania K001604873 Yes
Jun 11, 2013 Blittersdorff, R.V. [61] Tanzania K001604871 Yes
Jun 11, 2013 Blittersdoriff, R.V. [62] Tanzania K001604874 No
Jun 11, 2013 Blittersdorff, R.V. [60] Tanzania K001604875 No
Jun 10, 2013 s.coll [59a] Tanzania K001604872 Yes
Jun 10, 2013 Blittersdorff, R.V. [58a] Tanzania K001604868 Yes
Jun 10, 2013 Blittersdorff, R.V. [59] Tanzania K001604870 Yes
Jun 10, 2013 Blittersdorff, R.V. [58] Tanzania K001604867 Yes
Jun 4, 2013 Blittersdorff, R.V. [60] Tanzania K001604866 Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Schweinfurth, G. [26] Sudan K000256034 Lectotype Yes
Rogers, F.A. [21722] South Africa K002867953 No
Rogers F.A. [21876] South Africa K001617409 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [2837] Zambia K:SPC-38336.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [8035] Tanzania K:SPC-24397.000 No
Richards, H.M. [13031] Tanzania K000499559 Yes
Richards, M. [18454] Tanzania K000499558 Yes
Greatrex, F.C. [41093] Zimbabwe K:SPC-02438.000 No
Wilms, F. [23ii] South Africa K000256065 Type Yes
Burchell [2008] South Africa K000256064 Type Yes
Galpin, E.E. [528] South Africa K000256063 Type Yes
Watermeyer, A.M. [220] Tanzania K:SPC-01270.000 No
Carson, A. [16] Zambia K000256045 Type Yes
Proctor, J. [1417] Tanzania K000499557 Yes
Carson, A. [82] Zambia K000256044 Type Yes
Wood, J.M. [1346] South Africa K000256062 Type Yes
Burke [s.n.] South Africa Schizobasis flagelliformis K000257124 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2023 Wightman, N. ; Alfonsi, J. ; Conradie, C. ; Du Plessis, D. ; Du Plessis, S. ; O'Connor, N. [NCW707] Zambia Eriospermum flagelliforme K001639578 Yes
Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K.; Bidgood, S. [9965] Zambia Eriospermum flagelliforme K001573781 Yes
Merrett, L. [2522] Zambia Eriospermum flagelliforme K001769650 No
Merrett, L. [2261] Zambia Eriospermum flagelliforme K001561851 Yes

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 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