Hesperantha petitiana

Hesperantha petitiana

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Iridaceae
Subfamilia: Crocoideae
Tribus: Ixieae
Genus: Hesperantha
Species: Hesperantha petitiana

Name

Hesperantha petitiana ¨(A.Rich.) Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 96 (1877).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Ixia petitiana A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 309 (1850).
• Heterotypic
  • Hesperantha uniflora Hochst. ex A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 309 (1850).
  • Ixia hochstetteriana A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 309 (1850).
  • Geissorhiza alpina Hook.f., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 7: 223 (1864).
  • Geissorhiza abyssinica var. parvula Klatt, Linnaea 34: 717 (1866).
  • Hesperantha petitiana var. uniflora Hochst. ex Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 96 (1877).
  • Hesperantha alpina (Hook.f.) Benth. ex Pax in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 2(5): 154 (1888).
  • Hesperantha volkensii Harms, Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 47: 28 (1894).
  • Hesperantha kilimanjarica Rendle, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 30: 402 (1895).
  • Hesperantha petitiana var. volkensii (Harms) R.C.Foster, Contr. Gray Herb. 166: 22 (1948).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Eastern Africa Cameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe 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: 96

Additional references

• Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M.A.Y., Farag, I., Candinga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) 2015. The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan. An annotated checklist. x + 400 pp., Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 978-1-84246-473-1 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Hesperantha petitiana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Feb 03. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Hesperantha petitiana. 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 03. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Hesperantha petitiana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 Feb 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Hesperantha petitiana. Published online. Accessed: Feb 03 2022.

Vernacular names

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