Amaryllidaceae
Proiphys

Proiphys amboinensis (L.) Herb.

First published in Appendix: 42 (1821)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Thailand to N. Australia. It is a bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bismarck Archipelago, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Sulawesi, Thailand, Vanuatu, Western Australia

Introduced into:

Caroline Is., Cook Is., Marianas, Niue, Seychelles, Society Is., Solomon Is., Sri Lanka

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Dassanayake (ed.) (2000). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 14: 1-307. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  • George, A.S. (ed.) (1987). Flora of Australia 45: 1-521. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Kalkman, C. & al. (eds.) (1992-1994). Flora Malesiana 11: 1-768. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
  • Smitinand, T. & Larsen, K. (eds.) (1978). Flora of Thailand 1: 1-694. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
  • Sykes, W.R. (2016). Flora of the Cook Islands: 1-973. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Dassanayake (ed.) (2000). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 14: 1-307. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  • Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1987). A Geographical Checklist of the Micronesian Monocotyledonae. Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 20: 19-129.
  • George, A.S. (ed.) (1987). Flora of Australia 45: 1-521. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Guillaumin, A. (1948). Compendium de la Flore Phanérogamique des Nouvelles Hébrides. Annales de l'Institut Botanico-Geologique Colonial de Marseille, VI, 5-6: 1-56.
  • Hancock, I.R. & Henderson, C.P. (1988). Flora of the Solomon Islands. Research Bulletin Dodo Creek Research Station 7: 1-203.
  • Kalkman, C. & al. (eds.) (1992-1994). Flora Malesiana 11: 1-768. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
  • Robertson, S.A. (1989). Flowering Plants of Seychelles: 1-327. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sykes, W.R. (1970). Contributions to the Flora of Niue: 1-321. Botany Division, Sept. of Sci. and Industrial Research, Christchurch.
  • Sykes, W.R. (2016). Flora of the Cook Islands: 1-973. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Teruya, Z. [1947] Singapore K002853661 Yes
Coode, M.J.E. [6252] Indonesia K002853668 Yes
van Beusekom, C.F.; Phengklai, C. [508] Thailand K002853665 Yes
Geesink, R.; Hattink, T.; Phengklai, C. [7014] Thailand K002853662 Yes
Jones, B.L. [127] Malaysia K002853667 Yes
Coode, M.J.E. [6252] Indonesia K002853669 Yes
s.coll. [5929] Burma K002853660 Yes
s.coll. [1740] Burma K002853658 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002853659 Yes
{Gwynne-Vaughan} [451] Thailand K002853664 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [5484] Thailand K002853663 Yes
Cunningham, A. [s.n.] Australia K000901064 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Philippines K002853672 Yes
s.coll. [46] Australia K000901065 Unknown Type Material Yes
Pierre, J.B.L. [s.n.] Vietnam K002853666 Yes
Loher, A. [1608] Philippines K002853671 Yes
Eurycles amboinensis K:SPC-19085.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images