Sparaxis elegans

Taxonavigation[edit]

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

Familia: Iridaceae
Subfamilia: Crocoideae
Tribus: Ixieae
Genus: Sparaxis
Species: Sparaxis elegans

Sparaxis elegans (Sweet) Goldblatt, 1969

Basionym
- Streptanthera elegans Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. 3: t. 209 (1827).
Heterotypic
- Streptanthera cuprea Sweet, Hort. Brit., ed. 2: 501 (1830).
- Sparaxis cuprea (Sweet) Klatt, Linnaea 35: 378 (1867).
- Streptanthera cuprea var. non-picta L.Bolus, S. African Gard. 22: 276 (1932).

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Southern Africa WSW. Cape Prov. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) 2003. Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: i–vi, 1–1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. ISBN 1-919795-99-5. ARK: /t50g8869c PDF (97 MB) Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Sparaxis elegans in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Feb 06. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Sparaxis elegans. 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 06. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Sparaxis elegans. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 Feb 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Sparaxis elegans. Published online. Accessed: Feb 06 2022.

Afrikaans: spogfluweeltjie
English: Cape buttercup

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