Iridaceae

Babiana Ker Gawl.

First published in Bot. Mag. 15: t. 539 (1801), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is S. Tropical & S. Africa.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana, Cape Provinces, Free State, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Goldblatt, P. & Manning, J.C. (2007). A revision of the southern African genus Babiana, Iridaceae: Crocoideae. Strelitzia 18: 1-98. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • G.J. Lewis in J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 3 (1959).
  • in Bot. Mag. 16: t. 576 (1802).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 10, 2012 Goldblatt, P. [13545] South Africa K000499504 No
Apr 1, 1965 Leipoldt, C.L. [3874] South Africa K000334558 Yes
Goldblatt, P. [11611] South Africa K000400670 Isotype Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [19388] South Africa K000334556 Yes
[18TB] K:SPC-28615.000 No
Boucher, C. [6822] South Africa K000334555 Yes
Leipoldt, C.F.L. [3875] South Africa K000334535 No
[Ruelville], R.; Oliver, E.G.H. [212] South Africa K000334533 No
Boucher, C. [6822] South Africa K000334554 Yes
China K:SPC-26062.000 No
Oliver, E.G.H. [4995] South Africa K000334557 Yes
Hall, H. [4006] South Africa K000334534 No
Taylor, H.C. [9275] South Africa K000334536 No
Hanekom, W.J. [3042] South Africa K000334532 No
K:SPC-30004.000 No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0