Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology:
In montane
thicket and semi-deciduous woodland on granite in the
Haggeher mountains. Altitude
of 600–1,400 m
.
The flowering
spikes come out before or with the leaves.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.5 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry [more info]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Liliopsida
()
- Scopoli, 1760
- Subclass:
Liliidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Lilianae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Liliales
()
- Bromhead, 1840
- Family:
Hyacinthaceae
()
- Batsch Ex Borckhausen, 1797
- Tribe:
Hyacintheae
()
- Genus:
Drimia
()
- N.J. Jacquin ex Willdenow, 1799
- Specific epithet:
porphyrostachys
- (Baker) A.G.Mill.
- Botanical name: - Drimia porphyrostachys (Baker) A.G.Mill.
- Specific epithet:
porphyrostachys
- (Baker) A.G.Mill.
- Genus:
Drimia
(
- Tribe:
Hyacintheae
(
- Family:
Hyacinthaceae
(
- Order:
Liliales
(
- Superorder:
Lilianae
(
- Subclass:
Liliidae
(
- Class:
Liliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Synonym = Urginea porphyrostachys Baker. Ethnoflora of the Soqotra Archipelago, 2004: 726.[1].
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Drimia
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Further Reading
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- IUCN. 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 23 November 2004.
- Miller, A.G. and Morris, M. 2004. Ethnoflora of Soqotra. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Edinburgh.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 22, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Miller, A. 2004. Drimia porphyrostachys. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5987857
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77065902-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 77065902
- IUCN ID: 206131
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1028039
Footnotes
- Miller, A. 2004. Drimia porphyrostachys. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]
