Drimia indica

Taxonavigation[edit]

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

Familia: Asparagaceae
Subfamilia: Scilloideae
Tribus: Urgineeae
Genus: Drimia
Species: Drimia indica

Name[edit]

Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop, J. S. African Bot. 43: 272 (1977).

Synonyms[edit]

Basionym
- Scilla indica Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 2: 147 (1832).
Homotypic
- Urginea indica (Roxb.) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 4: 333 (1843).
- Thuranthos indicus (Roxb.) Speta, Phyton (Horn) 38: 84 (1998).
- Indurgia indica (Roxb.) Speta, Stapfia 75: 170 (2001).
Heterotypic
- Erythronium indicum Rottler ex Spreng., Syst. Veg. 2: 97 (1825), pro syn.
- Melanthium hyacinthoides Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.: 384 (1839).
- Aletris littoralis J.Koenig ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 49 (1840).
- Erythronium hyacinthoides Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.: 453 (1840).
- Anthericum hyacinthoides Willd. ex Kunth, Enum. Pl. 4: 336 (1843).
- Ledebouria maculata Dalzell, Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 2: 143 (1850).
- Urginea coromandeliana Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient.: t. 2064 (1853).
- Urginea zambesiaca Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 13: 223 (1873).
- Urginea coromandeliana Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 347 (1892), nom. illeg.
- Urginea wightiana Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 347 (1892).
- Urginea amboensis Baker, Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 3: 665 (1903).
- Albuca reflexa K.Krause & Dinter, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 51: 445 (1914).
- Urginea sebirii Berhaut, Mém. Publiés Soc. Bot. France 1953-1954: 7 (1954).
- Urginea salmonea Berhaut, Fl. Senegal, ed. 2: 428 (1967).
- Urginea govindappae A.Boraiah & Fathima, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 12: 128 (1970 publ. 1972).
- Thuranthos zambesiacum (Baker) Kativu, Kirkia 15: 113 (1994).
- Thuranthos govindappae (A.Boraiah & Fathima) Speta, Phyton (Horn) 38: 84 (1998).
- Thuranthos wightianus (Hook.f.) Speta, Phyton (Horn) 38: 85 (1998).
- Indurgia govindappae (A.Boraiah & Fathima) Speta, Stapfia 75: 170 (2001).
- Indurgia wightiana (Hook.f.) Speta, Stapfia 75: 170 (2001).
- Drimia zambesiaca (Baker) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, Edinburgh J. Bot. 60: 557 (2003 publ. 2004).
- Ornithogalum desertorum J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, Edinburgh J. Bot. 60: 547 (2003 publ. 2004).

Distribution[edit]

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asie
- - Bangladesh; East Himalaya; India; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Vietnam; West Himalaya
Continental: Africa
- - Benin; Burkina; Chad; Ethiopia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Ivory Coast; Kenya; KwaZulu-Natal; Mali; Mauritania; Mozambique; Namibia; Niger; Northern Provinces; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Somalia; Sudan; Tanzania; Togo; Uganda

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

References[edit]

Jessop, J.P. 1977. J. S. African Bot. 43: 272.

Links[edit]

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Drimia indica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Feb. 05. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Drimia indica. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 05 2019.
The Plant List 2013. Drimia indica in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Feb. 05.
Tropicos.org 2019. Drimia indica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 Feb. 2019.

Vernacular names[edit]

தமிழ்: நரிவெங்காயம்

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