Wurmbea

Wurmbea stricta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Liliales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Liliales

Familia: Colchicaceae
Tribus: Anguillarieae

Genus: Wurmbea
Species: W. angustifolia – W. australis – W. biglandulosa – W. burttii – W. calcicola – W. capensis – W. centralis – W. cernua – W. citrina – W. compacta – W. decumbens – W. densiflora – W. deserticola – W. dilatata – W. dioica – W. dolichantha – W. drummondii – W. elatior – W. elongata – W. fluviatilis – W. glassii – W. graniticola – W. hiemalis – W. inflata – W. inframediana – W. inusta – W. kraussii – W. latifolia – W. marginata – W. minima – W. monantha – W. monopetala – W. murchisoniana – W. nilpinna – W. novae-zelandiae – W. odorata – W. punctata – W. pusilla – W. pygmaea – W. recurva – W. robusta – W. saccata – W. sinora – W. spicata – W. stellata – W. stricta – W. tenella – W. tenuis – W. tubulosa – W. uniflora – W. variabilis

Name

Wurmbea Thunb., Nov. Gen. Pl. 1: 18. 1781.

Type species: Wurmbea capensis Thunb.

Synonyms

Anguillaria R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 273. 1810, nom. illeg.
Dipidax P.Lawson ex Salisb., Gen. Pl.: 54. 1866.
Neodregea C.H.Wright, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1909: 308. 1909.
Onixotis Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 32. 1837.
Skizima Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 32. 1837.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa
- West Tropical Africa
  - Nigeria.
- West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Zaïre.
- East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
- South Tropical Africa
  - Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
- Southern Africa
  - Cape Provinces, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Swaziland, Northern Provinces.
Australasia
- Australia
  - New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia.
- New Zealand
  - New Zealand South.

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

References

Primary references

Thunberg, C.P. (ed.) 1781. Nova Genera Plantarum, quorum partem primam, suffrag. exper. Facult. med. upsal. publice ventilandam exhibent praeses Carol. P. Thunberg, ... et respondens Claudius Fr. Hornstedt, O-Gothus. In Audit. Gust. d. xxiv. nov. anno mdcclxxxi. Horis solitis. Upsaliae. 28 p. Upsaliae: Joh, Edman. MDZ DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.88 (as Acta medicorum suecicorum 1: 207–234, tab. xvi. 1783.) Reference page. : 1: 18.

Additional references

Vinnersten, A. & Manning, J.C. 2007. A new classification of Colchicaceae. Taxon 56(1): 171–178. Wiley JSTOR Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Wurmbea in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Nov 25. Reference page.

Hassler, M. 2019. Wurmbea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 October 20. Reference page.

International Plant Names Index. 2019. Wurmbea. Published online. Accessed: October 20 2019.

Tropicos.org 2019. Wurmbea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 October 2019.

Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Wurmbea in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2018 Nov 25.

Vernacular names

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