Drimia polyphylla (Hook.f.) Ansari & Sundararagh. (1980:174)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Urginea polyphylla Hook.f. in Fl. Brit. India 6: 348 (1892)
Conservation Status
Extinct (Humphreys et al., 2019; Albani Rocchetti et al., 2022) or Invalid (synonym of Dipcadi serotinum serotinum) (Yadav et al., 2019; POWO, 2025)
Last record: c.1887 (Nayar & Sastry, 1987:189); c.1891 (Srivastava et al., 2015)
Distribution & Habitat
India
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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