Hypoxis hemerocallidea

Hypoxis hemerocallidea

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Hypoxidaceae
Genus: Hypoxis
Species: Hypoxis hemerocallidea

Name

Hypoxis hemerocallidea Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Avé-Lall., 1842

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Hypoxis rooperi T.Moore, Gard. Companion Florists' Guide 1: 65 (1852).
  • Hypoxis elata Hook.f., Bot. Mag. 94: t. 5690 (1868), nom. illeg.
  • Hypoxis rooperi var. forbesii Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 17: 118 (1878).
  • Hypoxis obconica Nel, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 51: 330 (1914).
  • Hypoxis patula Nel, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 51: 333 (1914).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Southern Africa Botswana, Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Fischer, F.E.L., Meyer, C.A.v. & Avé-Lallemant, J.L.E., 1842. Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 8: 64

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.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Hypoxis hemerocallidea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 24. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Hypoxis hemerocallidea. 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 24. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Hypoxis hemerocallidea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 Jan 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Hypoxis hemerocallidea. Published online. Accessed: Jan 24 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Hypoxis hemerocallidea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Sterretjie, Afrika-patat
English: Yellow star, Star lily, African potato
Sesotho: Moli kharatsa, Lotsane
isiXhosa: iNongwe
isiZulu: inKomfe, iLabatheka

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