Gloriosa simplex

Gloriosa simplex

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Colchicaceae
Tribus: Colchiceae
Genus: Gloriosa
Species: Gloriosa simplex

Name

Gloriosa simplex L., Mant. Pl. 1: 62. 1767.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Methonica simplex (L.) Poit., Bon Jard. 1837: 507. 1837.
• Heterotypic
  • Gloriosa caerulea Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8: n.º 2. 1768.
  • Gloriosa virescens Lindl., Bot. Mag. 52: t. 2539. 1825.
  • Methonica virescens (Lindl.) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 4: 277. 1843.
  • Clinostylis speciosa Hochst., Flora 27: 26. 1844.
  • Methonica leopoldii Van Houtte ex Lem., Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 2: t. 163. 1846.
  • Gloriosa abyssinica A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 322. 1850.
  • Methonica abyssinica (A.Rich.) Walp., Ann. Bot. Syst. 3: 630. 1852.
  • Methonica virescens var. plantii Planch., Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 9: t. 865. 1854.
  • Gloriosa plantii (Planch.) Loudon, Encycl. Pl., new ed.: 1544. 1855.
  • Methonica grandiflora Hook., Bot. Mag. 86: t. 5216. 1860.
  • Methonica petersiana Klotzsch in W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(2): 519. 1864.
  • Methonica platyphylla Klotzsch in W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(2): 520. 1864.
  • Gloriosa virescens var. grandiflora (Hook.) Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 17: 458. 1879.
  • Gloriosa speciosa (Hochst.) Engl., Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1891: 158. 1892.
  • Gloriosa virescens var. leopoldii (Van Houtte ex Lem.) T.Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 417. 1894.
  • Gloriosa virescens var. petersiana (Klotzsch) T.Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 417. 1894.
  • Gloriosa virescens var. plantii (Planch.) T.Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 417. 1894.
  • Gloriosa virescens var. platyphylla (Klotzsch) T.Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 417. 1894.
  • Gloriosa leopoldii (Van Houtte ex Lem.) Van Houtte & Voss, Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3, 1: 1049. 1895.
  • Gloriosa superba f. grandiflora (Hook.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 316. 1898.
  • Gloriosa grandiflora (Hook.) O'Brien, Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 36: 188. 1904.
  • Gloriosa sampiana Pires de Lima, Brotéria, Sér. Bot. 19: 112. 1921.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: West Tropical Africa Benin, Burkina, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Rwanda, Zaïre Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe Regional: Southern Africa Botswana, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland Regional: Western Indian Ocean Madagascar References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Gloriosa simplex in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Nov 25. Reference page.