Asparagaceae
Bowiea

Bowiea volubilis Harv. ex T.Moore & Mast.

First published in Gard. Chron. 1866: 971 (1866)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Uganda to S. Africa. It is a climbing bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Cape Provinces, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Stedje, B. (1996). Hyacinthaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-32.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Agnew, A.D.Q. & Agnew, S., Upland Kenya Wild Flowers, ed. 2: 318, t. 146 (1994) .
  • Baker in Fl. Cap. 6: 367 (1896).
  • Bruyns & Vosa in Caryologia 40: 291 (1987).
  • Hook.f. in Bot. Mag. 93, t. 5619 (1867).
  • Polhill in Journ. E. Afr. Nat. Hist. Soc. 24: 9 (1962).
  • Verdc. & Trump, Common Poisonous Pl. E. Afr.: 175 (1969).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 2, 2019 Osborne, J. [JO1528] Mozambique K001346232 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [8936] Zambia K001765041 Yes
Cooper, T. [3263] South Africa K001291884 Lectotype No
Napier, E.R. [1346] Kenya K000257005 Unknown Type Material Yes
Napier, E.R. [1346] Kenya K000257006 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cooper, T. [3609] South Africa K001291885 No
Kepos [45212] K001069352 No
Lubbock, Sir J. [s.n.] South Africa K001291886 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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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

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