Gloriosa

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Gloriosa superba (Typus)

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Liliales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Liliales

Familia: Colchicaceae
Tribus: Colchiceae
Genus: Gloriosa

Overview of species (11)

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G. baudii – G. carsonii – G. flavovirens – G. lindenii – G. littonioides – G. modesta – G. revoilii – G. rigidifolia – G. sessiliflora – G. simplex – G. superba

Name

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Gloriosa L., Sp. Pl. 1: 305. 1753; Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 144. 1754.

  • Lectotype species (designated by Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot. 145. Aug. 1929): Gloriosa superba L. (1753)

Synonyms

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  • Clinostylis Hochst, Flora 27: 26. 1844.
  • Eugone Salisb, Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 238. 1796.
  • Littonia Hook, Bot. Mag. 79: t. 4723. 1853.
  • Mendoni Adans, Fam. Pl. 2: 48. 1763.
  • Methonica Gagnebin, Acta Helv. Phys.-Math. 2: 61. 1755

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan.
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Swaziland.
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin, Burkina, Gambia, The, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo.
    • West-Central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, Zaire.
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Madagascar, Seychelles.
  • Asia-Temperate
    • Arabian Peninsula
      • Yemen.
    • China
      • China South-Central.
  • Asia-Tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Laccadive Islands, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya.
    • Indo-China
      • Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.
    • Malesia
      • Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Sulawesi, Sumatera.
  • Pacific
    • Southwestern Pacific
      • Santa Cruz Isle.

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

References

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Additional references

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Vernacular names

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العربية: زهرة غلوريوسا
বাংলা: উলটচণ্ডাল
فارسی: گلوریوسا (سرده)
suomi: Keijunliljat
हिन्दी: करी हरी
Bahasa Indonesia: Kembang sungsang
italiano: Glorioza
日本語: グロリオサ
मराठी: कळलावी
русский: Глориоза
svenska: Klängliljesläktet
தமிழ்: காந்தள் (பேரினம்)
తెలుగు: గ్లోరియోసా
اردو: گلوری للی
中文: 嘉兰属
中文(简体): 嘉兰属


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