Asparagaceae

Eriospermum Jacq. ex Willd.

First published in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 2: 110 (1799)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & S. Africa.

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, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Collect. Suppl. 72 (1796)
  • F.T.A. 7: 470.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.M. Lu in Nordic Journ. Bot. 5: 229-240 (1985)
  • P.L. Perry in Contr. Bolus Herb. 17: 1-320 (1994)
  • sp Pl., ed. 4, 2(1): 110 (1799)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Bowker [s.n.] South Africa K000256093 Syntype Yes
Schlechter [10758] South Africa K000256108 Type Yes
Burchell [5017] South Africa K001617407 No
Burchell [4941] South Africa K001617408 No
Kers, L.E. [2216] South Africa K001560536 Yes
Wild, H. [2288] Zimbabwe K:SPC-04461.000 No
Burchell [8335] South Africa K002868064 No
Cooper, J. [s.n.] South Africa K000256107 Type Yes
MacOwan [2198] South Africa K000256105 Type Yes
Zimbabwe K:SPC-04463.000 No
Wild, H. [4198] Zimbabwe K:SPC-04462.000 No
Marloth, R. [14194] South Africa K000256143 Unknown Type Material Yes
MacOwan [1863] South Africa K000256106 Type Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • 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