Freesia grandiflora

Freesia grandiflora

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Iridaceae
Subfamilia: Crocoideae
Tribus: Freesieae
Genus: Freesia
Species: Freesia grandiflora
Subspecies: F. g. subsp. grandiflora – F. g. subsp. occulta

Name

Freesia grandiflora (Baker) Klatt in T.A.Durand & H.Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 187 (1894)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Anomatheca grandiflora Baker, J. Bot. 14: 337 (1876)
• Homotypic
  • Lapeirousia grandiflora (Baker) Baker, Bot. Mag. 113: t. 6924 (1887), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Tropical Africa KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Klatt, F.W. in T.A.Durand & H.Schinz, 1894. Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 187
• T. A. Durand & H. Schinz, Consp. fl. afric. 5:187. 1895

Additional references

• Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
• Goldblatt, P. (1996). Iridaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-89.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Freesia grandiflora in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 26. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Freesia grandiflora. 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 26. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Freesia grandiflora. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Jan 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Freesia grandiflora. Published online. Accessed: Jan 26 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Jan 26 in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2022.

Vernacular names

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