Crocosmia

Crocosmia aurea (Typus)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales 
Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Iridaceae
Subfamilia: Crocoideae
Tribus: Freesieae
Genus:
Species: C. ambongensis – C. aurea – C. fucata – C. masoniorum – C. mathewsiana – C. paniculata – C. pearsei – C. pottsii
Nothospecies: C. ×crocosmiiflora

Name

Crocosmia Planch. (1851)

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Tritonia sect. Crocosma (Planch.) Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 163. 1877.
  • Heterotypic
    • Crocanthus Klotzsch ex Klatt in W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique: 516. 1864, nom. nud. non L.Bolus (1927).
    • Curtonus N.E.Br., Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 20: 270. 1932.
      • Type species: Curtonus paniculatus (Klatt) N.E.Br.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Tropical Africa
      • Angola, Burundi, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, 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

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

References

Primary references

Additional references

Vernacular names

  • Deutsch: Montbretien
  • English: Monbretia
  • suomi: Ruostekukat
  • 日本語: ヒオウギズイセン属, クロコスミア属
  • lietuvių: Montbretė
  • svenska: Montbretiasläktet
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