Crocosmia aurea

Crocosmia aurea subsp. aurea

Crocosmia aurea

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: Crocosmia aurea
Subspecies: C. a. subsp. aurea – C. a. subsp. pauciflora

Name

Crocosmia aurea (Pappe ex Hook.) Planch. (1851)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Tritonia aurea Pappe ex Hook., Bot. Mag. 73: t. 4335. 1847.
• Homotypic
  • Babiana aurea (Pappe ex Hook.) Klotzsch, Allg. Gartenzeitung 19: 293. 1851.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Tropical Africa Angola, Burundi, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Azores, Japan 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

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Crocosmia aurea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 25. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Crocosmia aurea. 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 25. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Crocosmia aurea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Jan 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Crocosmia aurea. Published online. Accessed: Jan 25 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Crocosmia aurea (Pappe ex Hook.) Planch. in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Crocosmia aurea.
• EOL: Crocosmia aurea

Vernacular names

English: Falling stars
日本語: ヒオウギズイセン

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