Babiana fragrans

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Iridaceae
Subfamilia: Crocoideae
Tribus: Ixieae
Genus: Babiana
Species: Babiana fragrans

Babiana fragrans (Jacq.) Steud., 1840

Basionym
- Gladiolus fragrans Jacq., Pl. Hort. Schoenbr. 1: 7 (1797).
Heterotypic
- Gladiolus plicatus Thunb., Gladiolus: 20 (1784), nom. illeg.
- Gladiolus plicatus Jacq., Icon. Pl. Rar. 2(9): t. 237 (1792), nom. illeg.
- Babiana plicata Ker Gawl., Bot. Mag. 16: t. 576 (1802), nom. superfl.
- Babiana disticha Ker Gawl., Bot. Mag. 17: t. 626 (1803).
- Gladiolus distichus (Ker Gawl.) Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 1: 440 (1817).
- Gladiolus reflexus Licht. ex Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 1: 439 (1817).
- Babiana lilacina Eckl., Topogr. Verz. Pflanzensamml. Ecklon: 31 (1827).
- Babiana reflexa (Licht. ex Roem. & Schult.) Ker Gawl., Irid. Gen.: 154 (1827).
- Babiana punctata Klatt, Abh. Naturf. Ges. Halle 15: 348 (1882).

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Southern Africa SW. Cape Prov. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Steudel, E. 1840. Nomenclator botanicus. Seu: synonymia plantarum universalis, enumerans ordine alphabetico nomina atque synonyma, tum generica tum specifica, et a Linnaeo et a recentioribus de re botanica scriptoribus plantis phanerogamis imposita. Editio secunda ex nova elaborata et aucta. Pars I: Lit. A–K. 852 pp. Typis et sumptibus J. G. Cottae, Stuttgartiae [Stuttgart] et Tubingae [Tübingen]. BHL Reference page. ed. 2, 1:176.

Goldblatt, P. & Manning, J.C. (2007). A revision of the southern African genus Babiana, Iridaceae: Crocoideae Strelitzia 18: 1-98. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Babiana fragrans in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 30. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Babiana fragrans. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 30. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Babiana fragrans. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 Jan 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Babiana fragrans. Published online. Accessed: Jan 30 2022.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Babiana fragrans in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

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