Wurmbea tenuis

Wurmbea tenuis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Colchicaceae
Tribus: Anguillarieae
Genus: Wurmbea
Species: Wurmbea tenuis
Subspecies: W. t. subsp. australis – W. t. subsp. goetzei – W. t. subsp. hamiltonii – W. t. subsp. tenuis

Name

Wurmbea tenuis (Hook.f.) Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 17: 436 (1879).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Melanthium tenue Hook.f., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 7: 223 (1864).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Tropical Africa Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Free State; Gulf of Guinea Is.; Kenya; KwaZulu-Natal; Lesotho; Malawi; Mozambique; Nigeria; Tanzania; Uganda; Zambia; Zare References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Baker, J.G., 1879. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 17: 436.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Wurmbea tenuis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 October 21. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Wurmbea tenuis. 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. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 October 21. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Wurmbea tenuis. Published online. Accessed: October 21 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Wurmbea tenuis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 October 2019.

Vernacular names

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