Biology:Strumaria chaplinii

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Short description: Species of bulbous flowering plant

Strumaria chaplinii
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Leaves
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
Genus: Strumaria
Species:
S. chaplinii
Binomial name
Strumaria chaplinii
(W.F.Barker) Snijman[2]
Synonyms[2]
  • Gemmaria chaplinii (W.F.Barker) D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies
  • W.F.Barker Hessea chaplinii

Strumaria chaplinii is a species of bulbous flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae, native to south-west Cape Provinces. It was first described in 1944 as Hessea chaplinii.[3]

Description

Strumaria chaplinii is a very small plant. The upper leaf surfaces are hairy. The flowers are star-shaped, with tepals that have flat faces, unlike similar species such as Strumaria discifera. Like other species of Strumaria, the flowers are borne in an umbel on long pedicels.[4]

Taxonomy

The species was first described as Hessea chaplinii in 1944 by Winsome Fanny Barker. It was transferred to Strumaria in 1994.[3]

Distribution and habitat

Strumaria chaplinii is native to the south-west Cape Provinces of South Africa.[2] It grows in moist pockets at the base of granite rocks in coastal fynbos.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Snijman, D.A.; Victor, J.; Raimondo, D. (2014). "Strumaria chaplinii". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T63729364A63729367. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T63729364A63729367.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/63729364/63729367. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Strumaria chaplinii (W.F.Barker) Snijman", Plants of the World Online (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew), https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:978591-1, retrieved 2022-04-03 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Strumaria chaplinii (W.F.Barker) Snijman", The International Plant Names Index, http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=978591-1, retrieved 2022-04-03 
  4. Grossi, Alberto (2014), "Strumaria in cultivation", The Plantsman, (New Series) 13 (4): 222–225 

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