Hesperantha coccinea

Hesperantha coccinea

Hesperantha coccinea

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Iridaceae
Subfamilia: Crocoideae
Tribus: Ixieae
Genus: Hesperantha
Species: Hesperantha coccinea

Name

Hesperantha coccinea (Backh. & Harv.) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Schizostylis coccinea Backh. & Harv., Bot. Mag. 90: t. 5422 (1864).
• Heterotypic
  • Schizostylis pauciflora Klatt, Linnaea 35: 380 (1867).
  • Schizostylis ixioides Harv. ex Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 108 (1877).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Goldblatt, P. & Manning, J.C., 1996. Novon; a Journal for Botanical Nomenclature. St. Louis, MO 6:263.

Additional references

• Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) 2003. Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: i–vi, 1–1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. ISBN 1-919795-99-5. ARK: /t50g8869c PDF (97 MB) Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Hesperantha coccinea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Feb 03. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Hesperantha coccinea. 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 Feb 03. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Hesperantha coccinea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 Feb 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Hesperantha coccinea. Published online. Accessed: Feb 03 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Hesperantha coccinea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Rooi-rivierlelie, Kafferlelie
Deutsch: Roter Sumpfspaltgriffel
English: River lily, Kaffir lily
français: Berce sphondyle
Nederlands: Rode kafferlelie
Sesotho: Khahla e nyenyane, Khahlana
svenska: Vinterlilja

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