Amaryllidaceae

Agapanthus L'Hér.

First published in Sert. Angl.: 17 (1788), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Mozambique to S. Africa.

Distribution

Native to:

Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Swaziland

Introduced into:

Ascension, Azores, Canary Is., Costa Rica, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Great Britain, Honduras, Jamaica, Madeira, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Norfolk Is., St.Helena, Tasmania, Trinidad-Tobago, Tristan da Cunha, Victoria, West Himalaya

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Duncan, G. (2021). The Genus Agapanthus: 1-244. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Sert. Angl.: 17 (1789).
  • ―Leighton in J.S. Afr. Bot., Suppl. 4: 1–50 (1965).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Cantor, T.E. [s.n.] K002849235 Yes
[illegible] [[12/84]] K002849233 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002849206 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002849208 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002849218 Yes
[illegible] [157] K002849232 Yes
Pierson, F. [17937] China K002849234 Yes
Licent, A.E. [2536] China K002849231 Yes
Purdom, W. [s.n.] China K002849241 Yes
Liechman, E.C. [s.n.] K002849237 Yes
K:SPC-16685.000 No
Przewalski, N.M. [s.n.] Mongolia K002849230 Yes
Schindler, A.K. [187] K002849242 Yes
s.coll. [1754] K002849240 Yes
Licent, A.E. [6433] China K002849236 Yes
K:SPC-16686.000 No
K:SPC-05420.000 No
United Kingdom K:SPC-16689.000 No
Licent, A.E. [1603] China K002849239 Yes
K:SPC-05419.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002849207 Yes
{M. I' abbé; David, A.} [2124] K002849238 Yes

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