Hesperantha petitiana

Hesperantha petitiana

Taxonavigation edit

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 petitiana

Name edit

Hesperantha petitiana ¨(A.Rich.) Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 96 (1877).

Synonyms edit

  • Basionym
    • Ixia petitiana A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 309 (1850).
  • Heterotypic
    • Hesperantha uniflora Hochst. ex A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 309 (1850).
    • Ixia hochstetteriana A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 309 (1850).
    • Geissorhiza alpina Hook.f., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 7: 223 (1864).
    • Geissorhiza abyssinica var. parvula Klatt, Linnaea 34: 717 (1866).
    • Hesperantha petitiana var. uniflora Hochst. ex Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 96 (1877).
    • Hesperantha alpina (Hook.f.) Benth. ex Pax in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 2(5): 154 (1888).
    • Hesperantha volkensii Harms, Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 47: 28 (1894).
    • Hesperantha kilimanjarica Rendle, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 30: 402 (1895).
    • Hesperantha petitiana var. volkensii (Harms) R.C.Foster, Contr. Gray Herb. 166: 22 (1948).

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Eastern Africa
      • Cameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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