Asparagaceae
Eriospermum

Eriospermum mackenii (Hook.f.) Baker

First published in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 15: 266 (1876)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania to S. Africa. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana, Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

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.
  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2010). Flora Zambesiaca 13(2): 1-83. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Geerinck, D. & Malaisse, F. (2009). Révision du genre Eriospermum Endl. (Asparagaceae, Eriospermaceae ou Liliaceae sensu lato) en Afrique centrale. Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 28: 1-5.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Baker in Fl. Cap. 6: 378 (1896).
  • Baker in Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 15: 266 (1876)
  • P.L. Perry in Contr. Bolus Herb. 17: 33 (1994).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 10, 2012 Gereau, R.E., et al. [7071] Tanzania K000499502 No
Jan 1, 1994 Codd, L.E.; Winter, B., de [5065] South Africa K000334445 No
Jan 1, 1994 Codd, L.E. [4744] Eswatini K000334454 No
Perry, P.L. [1698] South Africa K000334442 No
Dyer, R.A. [3202] South Africa K000334450 No
Rudatis, H. [1197] South Africa K000334453 No
Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K.; Bidgood, S. [9672] Zambia K001573776 Yes
[Hagforth, W.J.]; [Rogers, F.A.] [24624] South Africa K000334444 No
Wood, [J.M.] [9289] South Africa K000334451 No
Barker [18] South Africa K000334449 No
Macken [s.n.] South Africa K000256053 Type Yes
Saunders, K. [s.n.] South Africa K000256052 Type Yes
Rudatis, H. [448] South Africa K000334452 No
Baur, R. [377] South Africa K000334447 No
Wood, J.M. [259] South Africa K000334448 No

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
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images