Amaryllidaceae
Ammocharis

Ammocharis coranica (Ker Gawl.) Herb.

First published in Appendix: 17 (1821)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Tropical & S. Africa. It is a bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2008). Flora Zambesiaca 13(1): 1-140. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Zimudzi, C., Archer, R.H., Kwembeya, E.G. & Nordal, I. (2006). Synopsis of Amaryllidaceae from the Flora Zambesiaca area. Kirkia. The Zimbabwe Journal of Botany 18: 151-168.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Appendix: 17 (1821).
  • in Fl. Pl. S. Afr. 18: t.712 (1938).
  • ―Kunth, Enum. Pl. 5: 613 (1850).
  • ―Phillips in Fl. Pl. S. Afr. 6: t.230 (1926);

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Zimudzi, C., Archer, R.H., Kwembeya, E.G. & Nordal, I. (2006). Synopsis of Amaryllidaceae from the Flora Zambesiaca area. Kirkia. The Zimbabwe Journal of Botany 18: 151-168.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Feb 1, 1937 Burchell, W.J. [2638] South Africa K002850470 Yes
Feb 1, 1937 Burchell, W.J. [2532] South Africa K001790163 Yes
Division of Plant Industry South Africa K:SPC-19055.000 No
Burchell [ex B-47 No. 2] South Africa K000365397 Type Yes
K:SPC-19056.000 No
Plowes, D.C.H. [3151] Zimbabwe K002850398 Yes
Allen, A. [373] Botswana K002850396 Yes
K:SPC-15591.000 No
K:SPC-17321.000 No
Schoenfelder, E.B. Namibia K:SPC-15592.000 No
K:SPC-15588.000 No
K:SPC-15590.000 No
Erni Namibia K:SPC-17319.000 No
Erens, J. [2166] South Africa K:SPC-23551.000 No
Hansen, O.J. [3514] Botswana K002850397 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images