Albuca virens

Albuca virens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Asparagaceae
Subfamilia: Scilloideae
Tribus: Ornithogaleae
Genus: Albuca
Subgenus: A. subg. Urophyllon
Species: Albuca virens
Subspecies: A. v. subsp. arida – A. v. subsp. virens

Name

Albuca virens (Lindl.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Ornithogalum virens Lindl., Bot. Reg. 10: t. 814 (1824).
• Homotypic
  • Tomoxis virens (Lindl.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 54 (1837).
  • Stellarioides virens (Lindl.) Speta, Stapfia 75: 174 (2001).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Angola; Botswana; Cape Provinces; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Free State; Kenya; KwaZulu-Natal; Lesotho; Namibia; Northern Provinces; Rwanda; Somalia; Sudan; Swaziland; Tanzania; Uganda; Zare References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Manning, J.C. & Goldblatt, P. 1974. Taxon; Official News Bulletin of the International Society for Plant Taxonomy. Utrecht 58:93.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Albuca virens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Feb. 03. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Albuca virens. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 03 2019.
• The Plant List 2013. Albuca virens in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Feb. 03.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Albuca virens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 Feb. 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Albuca virens in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

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