Babiana pygmaea

Babiana pygmaea

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Iridaceae
Subfamilia: Crocoideae
Tribus: Ixieae
Genus: Babiana
Species: Babiana pygmaea

Homonyms

• Babiana pygmaea Spreng. ex Steud. = Babiana nana subsp. nana

Name

Babiana pygmaea (Burm.f.) Baker, 1877

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Ixia pygmaea Burm.f., Fl. Indica, Prodr. Fl. Cap.: 1 (1768).
• Homotypic
  • Gladiolus pygmaeus (Burm.f.) Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 1: 441 (1817).
• Heterotypic
  • Ixia pygmaea Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 1: 403 (1817), nom. illeg.
  • Babiana macrantha MacOwan, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 25: 394 (1890).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Southern Africa SW. Cape Prov. (Malmesbury, Hopefield) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Baker, J.G. 1877. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 165

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 1996. World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2). 492 pp., MIM, Deurne. ISBN 90-572-0006-6. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Babiana pygmaea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 30. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Babiana pygmaea. 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 Jan 30. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Babiana pygmaea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 Jan 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Babiana pygmaea. Published online. Accessed: Jan 30 2022.

Vernacular names

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