- Family: Iridaceae Juss.
Crocosmia Planch.
This genus is accepted, and its native range is Sudan to S. Africa, Madagascar.
[FTEA]
Iridaceae, Peter Goldblatt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1996
- Habit
- Perennials with large persistent corms with fibrous tunics
- Leaves
- Leaves several, the lower 2-3 sheathing the base (cataphylls); foliage leaves plane or plicate, mostly basal, the cauline much reduced
- Stem
- Stem terete, usually branched
- Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a spike, usually inclined or horizontal; bracts coriaceous, fairly short, the inner ± as long as the outer
- Flowers
- Flowers shades of orange to reddish, actinomorphic to strongly zygomorphic with stamens then arched under the upper tepal, this sometimes much larger than the others; tube cylindric, funnel-shaped or dimorphic curved
- Style
- Style exserted, the branches filiform or apically broadened, entire or notched apically
- Fruits
- Capsules globose to depressed and 3-lobed, ± coriaceous
- Seeds
- Seeds globose, smooth or lightly wrinkled, few per locule.
[FZ]
Iridaceae, P. Goldblatt. Flora Zambesiaca 12:4. 1993
- Habit
- Perennial herbs with large corms, aerial parts dying back annually; corms with fibrous tunics.
- Leaves
- Leaves several, the lower 2–3 sheathing the stem base (cataphylls); foliage leaves plane or plicate, mostly basal, cauline leaves much reduced.
- Stem
- Stem terete, usually branched.
- Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a spike, usually inclined or horizontal; floral bracts coriaceous, fairly short, the inner about as long as the outer.
- Flowers
- Flower colours in shades of orange to reddish, actinomorphic to strongly zygomorphic with stamens arched under the upper tepal, this sometimes much larger than the others, perianth tube cylindric, funnel-shaped or curved with a narrow cylindrical lower portion and a broad cylindrical upper portion.
- Style
- Style exserted, the branches filiform or apically broadened, entire or notched at the apex.
- Fruits
- Capsules globose to depressed and 3-lobed, more or less coriaceous; seeds globose, hard and shiny, few per locule.
Native to:
Angola, Burundi, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Assam, Austria, Azores, Bolivia, Colombia, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, Fiji, France, Great Britain, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Ireland, Jamaica, Japan, Korea, Madeira, Mexico Central, Mexico Southwest, Norfolk Is., Portugal, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Spain, Tristan da Cunha, Venezuela
- Crocosmia ambongensis (H.Perrier) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Crocosmia aurea (Pappe ex Hook.) Planch.
- Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora (Lemoine) N.E.Br.
- Crocosmia fucata (Lindl.) M.P.de Vos
- Crocosmia masoniorum (L.Bolus) N.E.Br.
- Crocosmia mathewsiana (L.Bolus) Goldblatt ex M.P.de Vos
- Crocosmia paniculata (Klatt) Goldblatt
- Crocosmia pearsei Oberm.
- Crocosmia pottsii (Baker) N.E.Br.
Crocosmia Planch. appears in other Kew resources:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coode, M. [3961], Mauritius | 33634.000 |
First published in Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 7: 161 (1851)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
Literature
Flora Zambesiaca
- de Vos in J. S. African Bot. 50: 463–502 (1984).
- in Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 7: 161 cum tab. (1851).
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- M.P. de Vos in Journ. S. Afr. Bot. 50: 463-502 (1984)
- in Fl. Serres Jard. Europe 7: 161 (1851)
Flora Zambesiaca
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
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