Drimia elata
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| Botanical illustration from Les Liliacées by Pierre-Joseph Redouté | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Scilloideae |
| Genus: | Drimia |
| Species: | D. elata
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| Binomial name | |
| Drimia elata Jacq.[1]
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Drimia elata is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae,[2] subfamily Scilloideae.[3] It is widely distributed in eastern and southern Africa.[2]
Description
Drimia elata is a perennial growing from a bulb with reddish scales. The inflorescence is borne on a scape up to 1.2 m (4 ft) tall, and takes the form of a terminal raceme. The individual flowers are white to purple-brown, subtended by a bract with a small spur near its base. Leaves appear after flowering.[4]
Taxonomy
Drimia elata was described by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin in a work published in 1797.[1][5] The species was subsequently included in the fourth edition of Species Plantarum, published in 1799, authored by Carl Ludwig Willdenow.[6] It is the type species of the genus Drimia.[7] The specific epithet elata means "tall".[4]
Distribution and habitat
Drimia elata is found in east and southern Africa: Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Swaziland and South Africa.[2] In Zimbabwe, it is noted as occurring in rocky grassland.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Plant Name Details for Drimia elata Jacq.", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2017-08-06
- ^ a b c d "Drimia elata", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2017-08-06
- ^ Chase, M.W.; Reveal, J.L.; Fay, M.F. (2009), "A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 161 (2): 132–136, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00999.x
{{citation}}: Unknown parameter|lastauthoramp=ignored (|name-list-style=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c Hyde, M.A.; Wursten, B.T.; Ballings, P.; Coates Palgrave, M. (2017), "Species information: Drimia elata", Flora of Zimbabwe, retrieved 2017-08-06
{{citation}}: Unknown parameter|lastauthoramp=ignored (|name-list-style=suggested) (help) - ^ Jacquin, N.J. (1797) [title page 1796], "Drimia elata", Collectaneorum Supplementum (in Latin), Vienna (Vindobona), pp. 38–39, retrieved 2017-08-03
- ^ Willdenow, C.L. (1799), "651 Drimia", Species Plantarum : Editio Quarta (in Latin), vol. 2, Berlin, pp. 165–166, retrieved 2017-08-03
- ^ Manning, J.C.; Goldblatt, P.; Fay, M.F. (2004). "A revised generic synopsis of Hyacintheaceae in sub-Saharan Africa, based on molecular evidence, including new combinations and the new tribe Pseudoprospereae". Edinburgh Journal of Botany. 60 (3): 533–568. doi:10.1017/S0960428603000404.