Biology:Wurmbea

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Wurmbea
Wurmbea dioica.jpg
Wurmbea dioica in Paddys Ranges State Park, Australia
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Colchicaceae
Genus: Wurmbea
Thunb.
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Anguillaria R.Br.
  • Anguillaraea T.Post & Kuntze
  • Onixotis Raf.
  • Skizima Raf.
  • Dipidax Lawson ex Salisb
  • Neodregea C.H.Wright
Wurmbea inusta, a species from South Africa
This specimen might be Wurmbea spicata, Cedarberg South Africa
Wurmbea stricta. This species used to be classified first in the genus Dipidax, then in Onixotis. This specimen photographed near Hermon in the Western Cape, but the species occurs widely in seasonally wet regions in fynbos.

Wurmbea is a genus of perennial herbs in the family Colchicaceae, native to Africa and Australia . There are about 50 species, with about half endemic to each continent.

Recently the circumscription of the genus Wurmbea has been increased to include Onixotis punctata and Onixotis stricta.[1]

African species accepted by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (As of January 2015) are:[2][3]


Australian species accepted by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (As of January 2015) are:[2]


References

Notes
  1. ↑ Manning, John (2008). Field Guide to Fynbos. Cape Town: Struik Publishers. ISBN 978-1-77007-265-7. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Search for Wurmbea". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do?plantName=Wurmbea. Retrieved 2015-01-18. 
  3. ↑ "Wurmbea". African flowering plants database. http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php?langue=an. Retrieved 2008-11-01. 
Sources

Wikidata ☰ Q774258 entry



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