Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Liliales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Liliales

Familia: Colchicaceae
Tribus: Colchiceae
Genus: Ornithoglossum

Overview of species

O. calcicola  O. dinteri  O. gracile  O. parviflorum  O. pulchrum  O. undulatum  O. viride  O. vulgare  O. zeyheri

Name

Ornithoglossum Salisb., Parad. Lond. 1: t. 54. 1806.

  • Type species: Ornithoglossum glaucum Salisb., nom. illeg. (= O. viride
    (L.f.) Dryand.)

Synonyms

  • Cymation Spreng., Syst. Veg. 2: 142. 1825, nom. superfl.
  • Cymatium Spreng. (1825), orth. var.
  • Lichtensteinia Willd., Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 2: 19. 1808, nom. rej.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Tanzania.
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana, Cape Provinces, Namibia, Free State, Northern Provinces.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

  • Salisbury, R.A. 1806. Paradisus Londinensis: or Coloured Figures of Plants Cultivated in the vicinity of the Metropolis: t. 54.

Vernacular names


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