Dietes

Dietes iridioides (Typus)

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Iridaceae
Subfamilia: Iridoideae
Tribus: Irideae
Genus: Dietes
Species: D. bicolor – D. butcheriana – D. flavida – D. grandiflora – D. iridioides – D. robinsoniana

Name

Dietes Salisb. ex Klatt (1866) nom. cons.

• Type species: Dietes compressa (L.f.) Klatt = Dietes iridioides (L.) Sweet

Synonyms

• Naron Medik., Hist. & Commentat. Acad. Elect. Sci. Theod.-Palat. 6: 419 (1790).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa West-Central Tropical Africa Zaïre. Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia. East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Southern Africa Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Northern Provinces. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Klatt, F.W. 1866. Linnaea. Ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange 34: 583.

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2000. World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141. [unavailable to the public] Reference page. 

Links

• African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Dietes. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 2014-09-02.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Dietes. Accessed: 2022 Feb 19.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Dietes in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Feb 19. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Dietes in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Feb 19. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Dietes. 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 Feb 19. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Dietes. Published online. Accessed: 19 Feb 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Dietes. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Feb 2022.

Vernacular names

ދިވެހިބަސް: Zuluirissläktet
English: African irises
magyar: Kaffernőszirom
中文: 离被鸢尾属

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