Hypoxis parvula, Baker (1878: 113), Baker, 1878

Niemann, Hendrik J., Coetzer, Dewald J. & Glennon, Kelsey L., 2023, Hypoxis limicola and H. uniflorata (Hypoxidaceae) deserve species rank: multiple new lines of evidence, Phytotaxa 619 (1), pp. 63-85 : 76-77

Key to the morphologically similar but artificially grouped H. parvula species complex

1a. Staminal filaments subulate; stigma pyramidal; leaves linear ....................................................................................... H. uniflorata

1b. Staminal filaments filiform; stigma spherical; leaves lanceolate .......................................................................................................2

2a. Staminal filaments white ......................................................................................................................................... H. membranacea

2b. Staminal filaments yellow ..................................................................................................................................................................3

3a. Tepals 2–6 mm long, distinctly swollen articulation between scape and pedicel; 1–2 bracts usually present, 5–7 mm long ............. ........................................................................................................................................................................................... H. limicola

3b. Tepals (7–) 8–10 mm long, no distinct articulation between scape and pedicel; bracts usually absent, if present, 1–4 mm long .....4 4a. Tepals yellow adaxially ................................................................................................................................ H. parvula var. parvula

4b. Tepals white adaxially ................................................................................................................................. H. parvula var. albiflora