Taxon:
Freesia laxa (Thunb.) Goldblatt & J. C. Manning
Summary
Place of publication:
Syst. Bot. 20:171. 1995
Verified:
05/09/2012
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. URL: http://floranorthamerica.org/
- Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14
- Goldblatt, P. & J. C. Manning. 1995. Phylogeny of the African genera Anomatheca and Freesia (Iridaceae: Ixioideae), and a new genus Xenoscapa. Syst. Bot. 20:161-178. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
- Goldblatt, P. 2011. Review of Iridaceae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm. via e-mail on 8 Mar.
- Manning, J. C. et al. 2010. Botany and horticulture of the genus Freesia (Iridaceae). Strelitzia vol. 27
- Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Eswatini | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Eastern Cape | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Limpopo | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Mpumalanga | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Uganda | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Macaronesia | Portugal | Madeira Islands | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Malawi | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zambia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Shaba | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Mauritius | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Reunion | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | China | Hong Kong | | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | |
Native
Africa
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Eswatini, South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, Limpopo, Mpumalanga]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
Africa
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MACARONESIA:
Portugal [Madeira Islands]
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Democratic Republic of the Congo [Shaba]
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Mauritius, Reunion
Asia-Temperate
Northern America
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Florida]
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Goldblatt, P. 2011. Review of Iridaceae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm. via e-mail on 8 Mar. |