Asparagaceae
Drimia

Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop

First published in J. S. African Bot. 43: 272 (1977)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa to N. KwaZulu-Natal, Indian Subcontinent to Indo-China. It is a bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Chad, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Pakistan, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Ali, S.I. (2005). Hyacinthaceae. Flora of Pakistan 214: 1-20. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
  • Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau). Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Dassanayake (ed.) (2000). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 14: 1-307. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  • Demissew, S. & Nordal, I. (2010). Aloes and other Lilies of Ethiopia and Eritrea, ed, 2: 1-351. Shama Books, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  • Edwards, S., Demissew, S. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (1997). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 6: 1-586. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.
  • Kumar, S. (2012). Herbaceous flora of Jaunsar-Bawar (Uttarkhand), India: enumerations. Phytotaxonomy 12: 33-56.
  • Lekhak, M.M., Adsul, A.A. & Yadav, S.R. (2014). Cytotaxonomical studies on Drimia nagarjunae and a review on the taxonomy of Indian species of Drimia. The Nucleus 57.
  • Manning, J.C. & Goldblatt, P. (2013). Nomenclatural corrections in sub-saharan Africa, predominantly subfamily Urgineoideae. Bothalia 43: 75-80.
  • Manning, J.C. & Goldblatt, P. (2018). Systematics of Drimia Jacq. (Hyacinthaceae: Urgineoideae) in southern Africa. Strelitzia 40: 1-173. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Stedje, B. (1996). Hyacinthaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-32.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Ali, S.I. (2005). Hyacinthaceae. Flora of Pakistan 214: 1-20. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
  • Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau). Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
  • Dassanayake (ed.) (2000). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 14: 1-307. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hộ, P.-H. (1993). Câycỏ Việtnam. An Illustrated flora of Vietnam 3(1): 1-603d. Pham-hoang Ho, Montréal.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Manning, J.C. & Goldblatt, P. (2013). Nomenclatural corrections in sub-saharan Africa, predominantly subfamily Urgineoideae. Bothalia 43: 75-80.
  • Manning, J.C. & Goldblatt, P. (2018). Systematics of Drimia Jacq. (Hyacinthaceae: Urgineoideae) in southern Africa. Strelitzia 40: 1-173. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Agnew, A.D.Q. & Agnew, S., Upland Kenya Wild Flowers, ed. 2: 319, t. 146 (1994).
  • Jessop in Journ. S. Afr. Bot. 43: 272 (1977).
  • Stedje in Nordic Journ. Bot. 7: 664, figs. 1b, 5q-t, v, 11a (1987).
  • Thulin, Fl. Somalia 4: 52 (1995).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Duthie, J.F. [26026] K000524083 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [1754B] Thailand K000524087 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [1754] Thailand K000524086 Yes
Merrett, L. [2214] Zambia K001614465 Yes
Merrett, L. [2214] Zambia K001614466 Yes
Kerr [8462] Thailand K000524088 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [1754A] Thailand K000524085 Yes
{Leistner, P.V.; Oliver; Steenkamp; Vorster} [129] South Africa K002199065 Yes
Wight [s.n.] India K000802723 Unknown Type Material Yes
Vogt, G.B. [265] Burma K000524084 Yes
Greatrex, F.C. [48185] Zimbabwe Urginea zambesiaca K:SPC-04516.000 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1030] Kenya Urginea zambesiaca K:SPC-05493.000 No
Kirk, J. [128] Mozambique Drimia zambesiaca K000400577 Type Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5082] Aletris littoralis K001104680 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5082] Aletris littoralis K001104682 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5082] Aletris littoralis K001104681 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5062] Burma Urginea indica K000873445 Unknown Type Material Yes
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 5062] India Urginea indica K000873451 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5062] India Urginea indica K000873444 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5062] Urginea indica K000873447 Unknown Type Material Yes
Tweedie, E.M. [1945] Kenya Urginea indica K:SPC-01272.000 No
Greatrex, F.C. [48186] Zimbabwe Urginea indica K:SPC-02489.000 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5062] Urginea indica K000873446 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5062] Urginea indica K000873449 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5062] Urginea indica K000873442 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5062] Urginea indica K000873448 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5062] India Urginea indica K000873443 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5062] Urginea indica K000873441 Unknown Type Material Yes
Meikle, R.D. [1172] Nigeria Urginea indica K:SPC-02488.000 No
Gillett, J.B. [13404] Kenya Urginea indica K:SPC-02490.000 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5062] India Urginea indica K000873450 Unknown Type Material Yes
Barnes, E. [2232-3] India Urginea coromandeliana K:SPC-26296.000 No
Barnes, E. [1870] India Urginea coromandeliana K:SPC-02487.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • 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

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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