Iridaceae
Ixia

Ixia maculata L.

First published in Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 1664 (1763)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SW. Cape Prov. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cape Provinces

Introduced into:

California, France, Madeira, Pakistan, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Cooke, D.A. (1986). Flora of Australia 46: i-xii, 1-247. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Goldblatt, P. & Manning, J.C. (2020). Iridaceae of southern Africa. Strelitzia 42: 1-1159. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Maire, R. (1959 publ. 1960). Flore de l'Afrique du Nord 6: 1-397. Paul Lechevalier, Paris.
  • Muer, T., Sauerbier, H. & Cabrara Calixto, F. (2020). Die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Madeiras: 1-792. Verlag und Versandbuchhandlung Andreas Kleinsteuber.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.
  • de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census/.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Cooke, D.A. (1986). Flora of Australia 46: i-xii, 1-247. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Hansen, A. & Sunding, P. (1985). Flora of Macaronesia. Checklist of vascular plants. 3. revised edition. Sommerfeltia 1: 5-103.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 5, 1961 Yorke, H.F.R. [s.n.] K000204948 Yes
Doige [s.n.] South Africa K002982781 No
Jun 7, 1960 Cooper, K.H. [3610] South Africa Ixia maculata var. maculata K000385202 No
Jun 7, 1960 Thom, C.B.J. [s.n.] South Africa Ixia maculata var. maculata K000385198 No
Jun 6, 1960 Villett [s.n.] South Africa Ixia maculata var. maculata K000385201 No
MacOwan, P. [2277] South Africa Ixia maculata var. maculata K000385197 No
Duckitt [3202/15] South Africa Ixia maculata var. maculata K000320428 Type Yes
Leighton, F.M. [648] South Africa Ixia maculata var. maculata K000385200 Yes
Lewis, G.J. [32] South Africa Ixia maculata var. maculata K000385199 No
Schlechter, R. [1619] South Africa Ixia maculata var. maculata K000385203 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • 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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