Asparagaceae
Albuca

Albuca pulchra (Schinz) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt

First published in Taxon 58: 92 (2009)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Angola to Botswana. It is a bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Namibia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Manning, J.C. & Goldblatt, P. (2013). Nomenclatural corrections in sub-saharan Africa, predominantly subfamily Urgineoideae. Bothalia 43: 75-80.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Manning, J.C. & Goldblatt, P. (2013). Nomenclatural corrections in sub-saharan Africa, predominantly subfamily Urgineoideae. Bothalia 43: 75-80.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
{B. de Winter; Marais, W.} [4497] South Africa Ornithogalum pulchrum K002196563 No
Rodin, R.J. [9282] Namibia Ornithogalum pulchrum K002196565 No
Rodin, R.J. [9282] Namibia Ornithogalum pulchrum K002196564 No
Monteiro [s.n.] Angola Urginea angolensis K000400581 Type Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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