Taxon:  Freesia laxa (Thunb.) Goldblatt & J. C. Manning



Summary
Genus:
Freesia
Family:
Iridaceae
Subfamily:
Crocoideae
Tribe:
Freesieae
Nomen number:
429211
Place of publication:
Syst. Bot. 20:171.  1995
Verified:
05/09/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
3 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Gladiolus laxus Thunb.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Anomatheca laxa (Thunb.) Goldblatt

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Anomatheca cruenta Lindl.
Lapeirousia cruenta (Lindl.) Benth. ex Baker

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  2. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
  3. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
  4. Goldblatt, P. & J. C. Manning. 1995. Phylogeny of the African genera Anomatheca and Freesia (Iridaceae: Ixioideae), and a new genus Xenoscapa. Syst. Bot. 20:161-178. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
  5. Goldblatt, P. 2011. Review of Iridaceae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm. via e-mail on 8 Mar.
  6. Manning, J. C. et al. 2010. Botany and horticulture of the genus Freesia (Iridaceae). Strelitzia vol. 27 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
  7. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaEswatini  Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaEastern Cape Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natal Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaLimpopo Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaMpumalanga Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
2Cultivated    also cult.Goldblatt, P. 2011. Review of Iridaceae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm. via e-mail on 8 Mar.
4NaturalizedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
4NaturalizedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
4NaturalizedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
4NaturalizedAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalMadeira Islands Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
4NaturalizedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
4NaturalizedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
4NaturalizedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
4NaturalizedAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaDemocratic Republic of the CongoShaba Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
4NaturalizedAfricaWestern Indian OceanMauritius  Bosser, J. M. et al., eds. 1976-. Flores des Mascareignes.
4NaturalizedAfricaWestern Indian OceanReunion  Bosser, J. M. et al., eds. 1976-. Flores des Mascareignes.
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateChinaHong Kong  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesFlorida FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Native
Africa
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Eswatini, South Africa [Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga]
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Portugal [Madeira Islands]
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Democratic Republic of the Congo [Shaba]
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Mauritius, Reunion
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: Hong Kong
Northern America
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida]

Reference(s)
  1. Bosser, J. M. et al., eds. 1976-. Flores des Mascareignes.
  2. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
  3. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
  4. Goldblatt, P. 2011. Review of Iridaceae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm. via e-mail on 8 Mar.
  5. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Goldblatt, P. 2011. Review of Iridaceae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm. via e-mail on 8 Mar.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=429211. Accessed 12 May 2026.