Wurmbea capensis Thunb. (1781:18)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Melanthium wurmbeum Thunb. in Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 67 (1794); Wurmbea pumila Willd. in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 2: 265 (1799), nom. illeg.; Melanthium pumilum (Willd.) Ker Gawl. in Bot. Mag. 19: t. 694 (1803), nom. illeg.; Wurmbea campanulata var. pumila (Willd.) Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 7: 1541 (1830); Skizima pumila (Willd.) Raf. in Fl. Tellur. 2: 32 (1837); Wurmbea spicata f. pumila (Willd.) T.Durand & Schinz in Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 413 (1894); Wurmbea remota Banks ex Ker-Gawl. in Bot. Mag. 19: t. 694 (1803); Wurmbea revoluta Banks in Bot. Mag. 19: t. 694 (1803), pro syn.; Melanthium inustum Ker Gawl. in Bot. Mag. 19: t. 694 (1803); Melanthium remotum Ker Gawl. in Bot. Mag. 19: t. 694 (1803); Melanthium revolutum Ker Gawl. in Bot. Mag. 19: t. 694 (1803)
Conservation Status
Rediscovered in 2004 (Araya et al., 2009:14)
Distribution
South Africa
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Araya, Yoseph N., Schmiedel, Ute and von Witt, Caitlin. (2009). Linking ’citizen scientists’ to professionals in ecological research, examples from Namibia and South Africa. Conservation Evidence 6: 11-17 [14].
Germishuizen, G. and Meyer, N. L. (eds.). (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J. C. (2000). Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
Nordenstam, B. (1986). The genus Wurmbea (Colchicaceae) in the Cape region. Opera Botanica 87:1-41.
Raimondo, D. and Snijman, D. A. (2008). Wurmbea capensis Thunb. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version. Accessed on 2024/03/31.
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J. E., Helme, N. A., Turner, R. C., Kamundi, D. A. and Manyama, P. A. (2009). Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.