Crocosmia Planch.

First published in Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 7: 161 (1851)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Sudan to S. Africa, Madagascar.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Assam, Austria, Azores, Bolivia, Colombia, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, Fiji, France, Great Britain, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Ireland, Jamaica, Japan, Korea, Madeira, Mexico Central, Mexico Southwest, Norfolk Is., Portugal, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Spain, Tasmania, Tristan da Cunha, Venezuela

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • de Vos in J. S. African Bot. 50: 463–502 (1984).
  • in Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 7: 161 cum tab. (1851).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • M.P. de Vos in Journ. S. Afr. Bot. 50: 463-502 (1984)
  • in Fl. Serres Jard. Europe 7: 161 (1851)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Coode, M. [3961] Mauritius K:SPC-33634.000 No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0