Taxon:
Gloriosa superba L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:305. 1753
Verified:
05/19/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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- Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
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Common names
English
climbing-lily – creeping-lily – flame-lily – glory-lily – Portuguese (Brazil)
gloriosa – lírio-trepador – Swedish
klänglilja –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Uganda | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Somalia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Sudan | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Botswana | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Eswatini | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Namibia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Cape Province | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Transvaal | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Senegal | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Madagascar | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Yunnan Sheng | s. |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Nepal | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Cambodia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Laos | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Vietnam | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Jawa | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Lesser Sunda Islands | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Sulawesi | s. |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | natzd. elsewhere |
Native
Africa
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Senegal
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Mozambique
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa [Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal]
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China [Yunnan Sheng (s.)]
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India, Sri Lanka, Nepal
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INDO-CHINA:
Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
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MALESIA:
Indonesia [Sulawesi (s.), Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
(natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening |
Environmental | ornamental | | Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage |
Medicines | folklore | fide Pl Res SEAs 12(1):289. 1999; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2; Biodiv Conserv 13:459. 2004 | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. Note: poisonous |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. 1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants Note: poisonous |
Weed | | in Australia fide J. R. Hosking, pers. comm. (via email on 9 Dec 2002) | Hosking, J. R. 2002. pers. comm. Note: re. common names |