Hypoxis obtusa
Hypoxis obtusa

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Asparagales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Hypoxidaceae
Genus: Hypoxis
Species: Hypoxis obtusa

Name edit

Hypoxis obtusa Burch. ex Ker Gawl., 1816

Synonyms edit

  • Homotypic
    • Hypoxis villosa var. obtusa (Burch. ex Ker Gawl.) T.Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 236 (1894).
  • Heterotypic
    • Hypoxis angolensis Baker, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 1: 266 (1878).
    • Hypoxis iridifolia Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 17: 117 (1878).
    • Hypoxis obtusa var. chrysotricha Nel, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 41: 334 (1914).
    • Hypoxis nitida I.Verd., Fl. Pl. Africa 27: t. 1058 (1949).

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Southern Africa
      • Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

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

References edit

Primary references edit

Additional references edit

  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

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