Biology:Hessea

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Hessea
Pancrace Bessa 08 Amaryllis crispal.jpg
Hessea cinnamomea
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
Subtribe: Strumariinae
Genus: Hessea
Herb. 1837, conserved name not P. J. Bergius ex D. F. L. von Schlechtendal 1826 (syn of Carpolyza in Amaryllidaceae)
Type species
Hessea stellaris
(Jacq.) Herb.
Synonyms[1]
  • Imhofia Herb. 1821, illegitimate homonym not Heister 1755
  • Periphanes Salisb.
  • Kamiesbergia Snijman
  • Dewinterella D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies

Hessea is a genus of bulb-forming plants in the Amaryllis family native to Namibia and South Africa .[1][2][3][4][5] The genus name commemorates C. H. F. Hesse (1772–1832), who resided in Cape Town from 1800 to 1817.[6]

Species[1]


formerly included[1]

Several species have been coined using the name Hessea, which refer to species now considered better suited to genera Namaquanula, Nerine or Strumaria:


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Herbert, William 1837. Amaryllidaceae 289.
  3. Goldblatt, P. & J. C. Manning. 2000. Cape Plants: A Conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9.
  4. Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
  5. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Red List of South African Plants, Hessea
  6. Plug, C.. "Hesse, Reverend Christian Heinrich Friedrich (plant collection)". Suider-Afrika Genootskap vir die Bevordering van die Wetenskap. http://www.s2a3.org.za/bio/Biograph_final.php?serial=1281. Retrieved 5 January 2017. 

Wikidata ☰ Q290557 entry