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Drimia polyantha (Blatt. & McCann) Stearn

Asparagaceae

No habitat climate Photographs not checked Bulb, tuber or caudex
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About the genus · Drimia

Drimia is a genus of African, south European and south Asian flowering plants. In the APG IV classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae. When broadly circumscribed, the genus includes a number of other genera previously treated separately, including Litanthus, Rhodocodon, Schizobasis and Urginea.

Text from Wikipedia, “Drimia”, CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted as written.

Family
Asparagaceae
Described by
(Blatt. & McCann) Stearn
Native to
India
Wild records
1 in range· 0 open

Also known as Indurgia polyantha (Blatt. & McCann) Speta; Thuranthos polyanthus (Blatt. & McCann) Speta; Urginea polyantha Blatt. & McCann.

Cultivation

Grouped as a bulb, tuber or caudex by the genus Drimia, which is reliably one kind of plant (archetype table). The table holds no figure for this group, which spans too much for one minimum, and no habitat climate is derived yet; no cold floor is given, and no prose comes from the table.

Nothing derived: no habitat climate for this species, and the archetype table has no figure for its genus or family.

Climate across the habitat

No habitat climate can be derived: Only 1 distinct land cell of the climate grid holds an in-range record; three are needed for an envelope.

Natural habitat

Native range as published by WCVP.
No openly licensed record to show inside the range.
NativeIndia
Kew's description“bulbous geophyte” · “seasonally dry tropical”· quoted from WCVP, RBG Kew (CC BY 4.0); not derived here
Evidence usedThe map marker rests on all 1 georeferenced record inside the native range; none carries a licence permitting republication, so the map shows no points. Under a dozen records: treat the map as indicative. No climate envelope is derived for this species.

Papers naming this species

Works whose title or abstract names Drimia polyantha, most cited first, from OpenAlex (CC0). A mention, not a cultivation source: nothing on this page is drawn from them.

Characterization and cytotoxic effect of biogenic silver nanoparticles on mitotic chromosomes of Drimia polyantha (Blatt. & McCann) Stearn
Azharuddin B. Daphedar, T. C. Taranath (2018) · Toxicology Reports
Three New Additions to the Flora of Eastern Ghats
Alok R. Chorghe, L. Rasingam, P. V. Prasanna, M. Sankara Rao (2017) · Nelumbo
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GBIF.Org User (2024) · Global Biodiversity Information Facility
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GBIF.Org User (2023) · Global Biodiversity Information Facility
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GBIF.Org User (2021) · Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Other Drimia 107 in the reference

Drimia albiflora Asparagaceae Drimia altissima Asparagaceae Drimia anomala Asparagaceae Drimia anthericoides Asparagaceae Drimia aphylla Sea Squill Drimia arenicola Asparagaceae Drimia aurantiaca Asparagaceae Drimia barbata Asparagaceae Drimia basutica Asparagaceae
Drimia brachyandra Asparagaceae Drimia brachystachys Asparagaceae Drimia calcarata Khoho Squill all 108 ›

History & registers

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wcvp.distribution answered
gbif.occurrences answeredGBIF occurrence download https://doi.org/10.15468/dl.3h4zam
climate nothing to report
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