Freesia laxa

Freesia laxa

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Iridaceae
Subfamilia: Crocoideae
Tribus: Freesieae
Genus: Freesia
Species: Freesia laxa
Subspecies: F. l. subsp. azurea – F. l. subsp. laxa

Name

Freesia laxa (Thunb.) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning, Syst. Bot. 20: 171. 1995.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Gladiolus laxus Thunb., Fl. Cap., ed. 2: 50. 1823.
• Homotypic
  • Lapeirousia laxa (Thunb.) N.E.Br., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 48: 24. 1928.
  • Meristostigma laxum (Thunb.) A.Dietr., Sp. Pl. 2: 597. 1833.
  • Anomatheca laxa (Thunb.) Goldblatt, J. S. African Bot. 37: 442. 1971.
• Doubtful names
  • Acidanthera laxa Goldblume [?] (sec. PlantList, Tropicos, not appearing in IPNI, WCSP)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Macaronesia Madeira (introduced). Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Rwanda, Zaïre. Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. Regional: South Tropical Africa Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia. Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Northern Provinces. Regional: Western Indian Ocean Mauritius, Réunion (introduced). Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia Norfolk Islands, New South Wales (introduced). Continental: Northern America Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Florida (introduced). Continental: Southern America Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast (introduced). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Goldblatt, P. & Manning, J.C. 1995. Phylogeny of the African Genera Anomatheca and Freesia (Iridaceae: Ixioideae), and a New Genus Xenoscapa. Systematic Botany 20(2): 161–178. DOI: 10.2307/2419447 Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Freesia laxa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan. 25. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Freesia laxa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

italiano: Fresia

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