Amaryllidaceae

Pancratium Dill. ex L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 290 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Africa, Medit. to Malesia.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Chad, China Southeast, Corse, Cyprus, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Kriti, Laccadive Is., Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Portugal, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sicilia, Sierra Leone, Sinai, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Tanzania, Togo, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Uganda, West Himalaya, Western Sahara, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Azores, Bermuda, Comoros, Great Britain, Illinois, Tennessee

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 7: 406
  • Morton in Kew Bull. 19: 337-347 (1965).
  • Sp. Pl. 290 (1753)

Flora of Somalia

  • Bjørnstad in Norw. J. Bot. 20: 281 (1973).
  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by I. Nordal [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bjørnstad in Norw. Journ. Bot. 20: 281 (1973)
  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 141 (1754)
  • Morton in K.B. 19: 337 (1965)
  • Sp. Pl.: 290 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Wickens, G.E. [3649] Sudan K002462163 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002462201 Yes
s.n. [s.n.] K002462168 Yes
Skaer, R.; Peterhouse Spain K:SPC-42899.000 No
Schweinfurth, G. [32] Sudan K000366059 Unknown Type Material Yes
Herrmann, C. [s.n.] Ethiopia K002462164 Yes
Schimper [1695] Ethiopia K000366058 Type Yes
Schimper [1695] Ethiopia K000366057 Type Yes
Chapman, J. [s.n.] Namibia K000366055 Type Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Somalia

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

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • 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