Taxon: Boophone disticha (L. f.) Herb.

Genus:

Boophone

Family:

Amaryllidaceae

Subfamily:

Amaryllidoideae

Tribe:

Amaryllideae

Subtribe:

Boophoninae

Nomen number:

7419

Place of publication:

Bot. Mag. 52: sub t. 2578. 1825

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

21-dic-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 22-may-1997

Species priority site is:

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Synonyms:

Basionym: Amaryllis disticha L. f.

Economic Importance:

Vertebrate poisons: mammals (fide Poison Pl EAfr)

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, [Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Western Cape] Swaziland

References:

Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14. 2003 (Pl SAfr ed2)
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952- (F TE Afr)
Verdcourt, B. & E. C. Trump Common poisonous plants of East Africa. 1969 (Poison Pl EAfr)

Check other web resources for Boophone disticha (L. f.) Herb. :

SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
On-line Flora of Zimbabwe:
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=7419. Accessed 17 abril 2026.