Taxon:  Ornithogalum candicans (Baker) J. C. Manning & Goldblatt



Summary
Genus:
Ornithogalum
Subgenus:
Galtonia
Section:
Galtonia
Family:
Asparagaceae
Subfamily:
Scilloideae
Tribe:
Ornithogaleae
Nomen number:
447305
Place of publication:
Edinburgh J. Bot. 60:553.  2004
Verified:
11/10/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 0  available) in Nordic Baltic Genebanks.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Hyacinthus candicans Baker

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Galtonia candicans (Baker) Decne.

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Reference(s)
  1. Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage Note: = Galtonia candicans
  2. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: = Galtonia candicans
  3. Manning, J. C. et al. 2004. A revised generic synopsis of Hyacinthaceae in sub-Saharan Africa, based on molecular evidence, including new combinations and the new tribe Pseudoprospereae. Edinburgh J. Bot. 60:533-568.
  4. Manning, J. C. et al. 2009. A molecular phylogeny and a revised classification of Ornithogaloideae (Hyacinthaceae) based on an analysis of four plastid DNA regions. Taxon 58:100.
  5. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English summer-hyacinth as Galtonia candicans 1 Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: = Galtonia candicans
German Sommerhyazinthe as Galtonia candicans 2 Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage Note: = Galtonia candicans
Swedish kaphyacint 2 Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaLesotho  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaEastern Cape 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaFree State 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natal 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaMpumalanga 
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Africa
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Lesotho, South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Eastern Cape, Mpumalanga]
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamentalfide Dict Gard, as Galtonia candicans; Zander ed17, as Galtonia candicansHuxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
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://nordic-baltic-genebanks.org/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=447305. Accessed 24 February 2026.