Kumara

Kumara plicatilis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Asphodelaceae
Subfamilia: Asphodeloideae
Genus: Kumara
Species: K. haemanthifolia – K. plicatilis

Name

Kumara Medik., Theodora: 69 (1786), nom. cons.

• Type species: Kumara plicatilis (L.) G.D.Rowley, Alsterworthia Int., Special Issue 10: 3 (2013)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Aloe sect. Kumara (Medik.) Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 155 (1880).
• Homotypic
  • Ptyas Salisb., Gen. Pl. 76 (1866).
• Heterotypic
  • Rhipidodendron Willd., Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. 15: 164 (1811).
  • Aloe ser. Haemanthifoliae A.Berger in H.G.A. Engler, Pflanzenr. IV.38 (Heft 33): 173. 1908).
  • Aloe sect. Haemanthifolia (A.Berger) Glen & D.S.Hardy, F. Southern Africa 5(1, 1): 23 (2000).

References

Primary references

• Medikus, F.K. 1786. Theodora Speciosa: Ein Neues Pflanzen Geschlecht. 116 pp., Hof- und Akademische Buchhandlung, Mannheim. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Baker, J.G. 1880. Report on the Liliaceae, Iridaceae, Hypoxidaceae and Haemodoraceae of Welwitsch’s Angolan Herbarium. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London ser. 2, 1(5): 245–275. BHL Reference page. 
• Klopper, R.R. 2013. The correct name of Aloe plicatilis in Kumara (Xanthorrhoeaceae subfam. Asphodeloideae). Phytotaxa 115(2): 59–60. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.115.2.5 Reference page. 
• Grace, O.M., Klopper, R.R., Smith, G.F., Crouch, N.R., Figueiredo, E., Rønsted, N. & Van Wyk, A.E. 2013. A revised generic classification for Aloe (Xanthorrhoeaceae subfam. Asphodeloideae). Phytotaxa 76(1): 7–14. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.76.1.2 ResearchGateReference page. 
• Manning, J.C. Boatwright, J.S., Daru, B.H., Maurin, O. & van der Bank, M. 2014. A molecular phylogeny and generic classification of Asphodelaceae subfamily Alooideae: a final resolution of the prickly issue of polyphyly in the alooids? Systematic Botany 39(1): 55–74. DOI: 10.1600/036364414X678044 ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Kumara in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Sept. 12. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Kumara. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 12 2017.

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