Hypoxis angustifolia Lam.

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Réunion, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Ascension

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

• (1986). Flore du Gabon 28: 1-60. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
• Andrews, F.W. (1956). The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 1-579. T.Buncle & co., LTD., Arbroath, Scotland.
• Bosser, J. & al. (eds.) (1978). Flore des Mascareignes 177-188 IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
• 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: 1-586. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
• Fairhurst, W. (2004). Flowering Plants of Ascension island: 1-300. Higham Press, Shirland, Alfreton, England.
• Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
• Geerinck, D. (1971). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi) Hypoxidaceae: 1-9. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.
• Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
• 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.
• Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
• Nordal, I, Laane, M.M., Holt, E. & Staubo, I. (1985). Taxonomic studies of the genus Hypoxis in East Africa. Nordic Journal of Botany 5: 15-30.
• Nordal, I. & Iversen, J.I. (1987). Hypoxisacées. Flore du Cameroun 30: 33-49. Ministère de l'enseignement supérieur et de la recherche scientifique (Mesres), Yaoundé.
• Perrier de la Bathie, H. (1938). Flore de Madagascar et des Comores (Plantes Vasculaires) 40: 1-147. Typographie Firmin-Didot et Cie., Paris.
• Pope, G.V. (ed.) (2001). Flora Zambesiaca 12(3): 1-106. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
• Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
• Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
• Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
• Velayos, M. & al. (eds.) (2018). Flora de Guinea Ecuatorial 10: 1-491. Consejo superior de investigaciones científicas, Real jardín botánico, Madrid.
• Wiland-Szymanska (2001). The genus Hypoxis (Hypoxidaceae) in Central Africa. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 88: 302-350.
• Wiland-Szymanska, J. & Nordal, I. (2006). Hypoxidaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-25.
• Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A Handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

• Encycl. 3: 182 (1789)
• F.T.A. 7: 378
• Morton, W. Afr. Lilies & Orch. fig. 36.
• Nel in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 51: 303 (1914)

Kew Backbone Distributions

• (1986). Flore du Gabon 28: 1-60. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
• Fairhurst, W. (2004). Flowering Plants of Ascension island: 1-300. Higham Press, Shirland, Alfreton, England.
• Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
• Geerinck, D. (1971). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi) Hypoxidaceae: 1-9. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.
• Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
• Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1968). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(1): 1-276.
• Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
• Pope, G.V. (ed.) (2001). Flora Zambesiaca 12(3): 1-106. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
• Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
• Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
• Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A Handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Somalia

• Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

• Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 88: 309 (2001)
• Consp. Fl. Afr. 5: 231 (1895)
• E.J. 51: 303 (1914)
• E.P.A.: 1577 (1971)
• Encycl. Méth. Bot. 3: 182 (1789)
• F.P.S. 3: 306 (1956)
• F.P.U: 212 (1962)
• F.T.A. 7: 378 (1898)
• F.W.T.A. ed. 2, 3: 172 (1968)
• F.Z. 12, 3: 1 (2001)
• Fl. Eth. 6: 87 (1997)
• Fl. Rwanda 4: 84 (1987)
• Fl. Somalia 4: 31 (1995)
• Geerinck, F.A.C.: 5, fig. pro parte (1971)
• Handb. Fl. Yemen: 405 (1997)
• J.L.S. 17: 111 (1878)
• Kirkia 16:15 (1996)
• Miss. Biol. Borana, Racc. Bot. 4: 328 (1939)
• Mount. Fl. S. Tanz.: 167, t. 46B (1982)
• Nordic J. Bot. 5: 24 (1985)
• Novon 12: 142 (2002).
• U.K.W.F., ed. 2: 313, t. 142 (1994)
• U.O.P.Z.: 302, fig. (1949)
• W.F.K.: 130 (1948)
• Wickens, Fl. of Jebel Marra: 160, Map 165 (1976)