Biology:Hensmania

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Hensmania
Hensmania turbinata (6968949371).jpg
Hensmania turbinata
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asphodelaceae
Subfamily: Hemerocallidoideae
Genus: Hensmania
W.Fitzg.
Synonyms[1]

Chamaecrinum Diels

Hensmania is a genus of herbs in the family Asphodelaceae,[2] first described as a genus in 1903 by William Vincent Fitzgerald.[3][4] The entire genus is endemic to the State of Western Australia.[1]

Species in this genus are tufted herbs where the major photosynthesis occurs in the stems.[5]

Species[1]
  1. Hensmania chapmanii Keighery, Fl. Australia 45: 486 (1987)
  2. Hensmania stoniella Keighery, Fl. Australia 45: 486 (1987)
  3. Hensmania turbinata (Endl.) W.Fitzg., Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 28: 106 (1903)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Stevens, P.F. (2001 onwards). "Hemerocallidoideae". Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Retrieved 2016-06-10.
  3. "Hensmania". Australian Government. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/76869. 
  4. Fitzgerald, W.V. (1903). "Descriptions of some new species of West Australian Plants.". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28: 105. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.26349. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6398664. 
  5. J. Gathe and Leslie Watson (8 September 2016). "Florabase: Hensmania W.Fitzg." (in en). Western Australian Herbarium. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/21201. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5894612 entry