Drimia elata

Drimia elata
Botanical illustration from Les Liliacées by Pierre-Joseph Redouté
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Monocots
Order:Asparagales
Family:Asparagaceae
Subfamily:Scilloideae
Genus:Drimia
Species: D. elata
Binomial name
Drimia elata
Jacq.[1]

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

  1. 1 2 "Plant Name Details for Drimia elata Jacq.", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2017-08-06
  2. 1 2 3 "Drimia elata", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2017-08-06
  3. ↑ 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
  4. 1 2 3 Hyde, M.A.; Wursten, B.T.; Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2017), "Species information: Drimia elata", Flora of Zimbabwe, retrieved 2017-08-06
  5. ↑ Jacquin, N.J. (1797) [title page 1796], "Drimia elata", Collectaneorum Supplementum (in Latin), Vienna (Vindobona), pp. 38–39, retrieved 2017-08-03
  6. ↑ Willdenow, C.L. (1799), "651 Drimia", Species Plantarum : Editio Quarta (in Latin), 2 (1), Berlin, pp. 165–166, retrieved 2017-08-03
  7. ↑ 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.
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