Drimiopsis

Drimiopsis botryoides subsp. botryoides as syn. Drimiopsis kirkii

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Asparagaceae
Subfamilia: Scilloideae
Tribus: Hyacintheae
Subtribus: Massoniinae
Genus: Drimiopsis
Species: D. atropurpurea – D. barteri – D. botryoides – D. burkei – D. comptonii – D. davidsoniae – D. fischeri – D. linioseta – D. maculata – D. pusilla – D. reilleyana – D. rosea – D. seretii – D. spicata

Name

• Drimiopsis Lindl. & Paxton, Paxton's Fl. Gard. 2: 73. 1851.
  • Type species: Drimiopsis maculata Lindl. & Paxton, Fl. Gard. 2: 73 (1851)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Ledebouria sect. Drimiopsis (Lindl. & Paxton) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, Bothalia 42(1): 48. 2012.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa West Tropical Africa Benin, Ghana, Nigeria, Togo. West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Zaïre. Northeast Tropical Africa Chad, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan. East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. South Tropical Africa 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

• Lindley, J. 1851. Paxton's Fl. Gard. 2: 73.
• Lebatha, P.D., Buys, M.H. & Stedje, B. 2006. Ledebouria, Resnova and Drimiopsis: A tale of three genera. Taxon 55(3): 643–652. DOI: 10.2307/25065640 JSTOR Reference page. 
• Manning, J.C., Goldblatt, P. & Fay, M.F. 2004. A revised generic synopsis of Hyacintheaceae in sub-Saharan Africa, based on molecular evidence, including new combinations and the new tribe Pseudoprospereae. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 60(3): 533–568. DOI: 10.1017/S0960428603000404 Reference page.  (Includes Resnova and Drimiopsis in Ledebouria s.l.).
• Manning, J.C. & Goldblatt, P. 2012. Hyacinthaceae. Bothalia 42(1): 47–48 [1].
• Tropicos.org 2014. Drimiopsis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 7 Mar. 2014.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Drimiopsis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2014 Mar. 7. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2104. Drimiopsis. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 7 2104.

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