Iridaceae
Hesperantha

Hesperantha petitiana (A.Rich.) Baker

First published in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 96 (1877)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Cameroon, Ethiopia to Zimbabwe. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Demissew, S. & Nordal, I. (2010). Aloes and other Lilies of Ethiopia and Eritrea, ed, 2: 1-351. Shama Books, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  • Edwards, S., Demissew, S., & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (1997). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 6: i-xxviii, 1-586. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Goldblatt, P. (1993). Flora Zambesiaca: i-iv, 1-106. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lebrun J.-P. & Stork, A.L. (1995). Énumération des Plants à Fleurs D'Afrique Tropicale 3: 1-341. Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques de la Ville de Genève.
  • Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi. Scripta Botanica Belgica 34: 1-199.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Demissew, S. & Nordal, I. (2010). Aloes and other Lilies of Ethiopia and Eritrea, ed, 2: 1-351. Shama Books, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  • 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.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Agnew, A.D.Q. & Agnew, S., Upland Kenya Wild Flowers, ed. 2: 323, t. 149 (1994).
  • Baker in Flora of Tropical Africa 7: 348 (1898).
  • Baker in Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 16: 96 (1877)
  • Blundell, Wild Fl. E. Afr.: 429, fig. 822, 823 (1987).
  • Cribb & Leedal, Mountain Fl. S. Tanz.: 175, t. 49B (1982).
  • Goldblatt in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 73: 138 (1986).
  • Goldblatt in Flora Zambesiaca 12(4): 59 (1993).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 1, 1999 Munyenyembe, P. [828] Cameroon K000746735 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Cheek, M. [5357] Cameroon K000011649 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Thomas, D.W. [9315] Cameroon K000011648 Yes
Wild, H. [45850] Zimbabwe K:SPC-24268.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East 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