Crocosmia

Crocosmia aurea (Typus)

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Iridaceae
Subfamilia: Crocoideae
Tribus: Freesieae
Genus: Crocosmia
Species: C. ambongensis – C. aurea – C. fucata – C. masoniorum – C. mathewsiana – C. paniculata – C. pearsei – C. pottsii
Nothospecies: C. ×crocosmiiflora

Name

Crocosmia Planch. (1851)

• Type species: Crocosmia aurea (Pappe ex Hook.) Planch.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Tritonia sect. Crocosma (Planch.) Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 163. 1877.
• Heterotypic
  • Crocanthus Klotzsch ex Klatt in W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique: 516. 1864, nom. nud. non L.Bolus (1927).
    • Type species: non design.
  • Curtonus N.E.Br., Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 20: 270. 1932.
    • Type species: Curtonus paniculatus (Klatt) N.E.Br.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Tropical Africa Angola, Burundi, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Assam, Austria, Azores, Bolivia, Colombia, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, Fiji, France, Great Britain, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Ireland, Jamaica, Japan, Korea, Madeira, Mexico Central, Mexico Southwest, Norfolk Is., Portugal, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Spain, Tristan da Cunha, Venezuela References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Planchon, J.É. 1851. Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 7: 161.

Additional references

• Govaerts, R. 1999. World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b). 1532 pp.. MIM, Deurne. ISBN 90-5720-098-8 (issue 1), ISBN 90-5720-099-6 (issue 2b). Reference page. 

Links

• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Crocosmia Planch. in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2016-02-18.
• Crocosmia Planch. – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Crocosmia – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Crocosmia.
• EOL: Crocosmia
• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Crocosmia in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2013 Feb 10.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Crocosmia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Feb 10. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Montbretien
English: Monbretia
suomi: Ruostekukat
日本語: ヒオウギズイセン属, クロコスミア属
lietuvių: Montbretė
svenska: Montbretiasläktet

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