Hypoxidaceae
Hypoxis
Hypoxis rigidula

Hypoxis rigidula var. rigidula

This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is Kenya to S. Africa. It is a rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cape Provinces, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zimbabwe

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.

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.
  • Pope, G.V. (ed.) (2001). Flora Zambesiaca 12(3): 1-106. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wiland-Szymanska, J. & Nordal, I. (2006). Hypoxidaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-25.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 15, 2008 Galpin, E.E. [1098] South Africa K001044831 Type Yes
Aug 15, 2008 Galpin, E.E. [1098] South Africa K001044832 Type Yes
Aug 15, 2008 Cooper, T. [883] South Africa K001044828 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aug 15, 2008 MacOwan, P. [1649] South Africa K001044834 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aug 15, 2008 Burchell, W.J. [3694] South Africa K001044829 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aug 15, 2008 Zeyher, C.L.P. [1670] South Africa K001044827 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aug 15, 2008 Cooper, T. [3239] South Africa K001044830 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aug 15, 2008 Drège, J.F. [2194] South Africa K001044826 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aug 15, 2008 Cooper, J. [3241] Lesotho K001044833 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aug 15, 2008 s.coll. [s.n.] K001044835 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wilms, Dr.F. [2317] South Africa Hypoxis elliptica K000098826 Type Yes

Sources

  • 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