Hessea

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

Clade:Tracheophytes
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Monocots
Order:Asparagales
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Hessea
Hessea cinnamomea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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.[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Imhofia Herb. 1821, illegitimate homonym not Heister 1755
  • Periphanes Salisb.
  • Kamiesbergia Snijman
  • Dewinterella D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies
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Description

The stigma is trifid.[7]

Taxonomy

It was published by William Herbert in 1837[1][7] with Hessea stellaris (Jacq.) Herb. as the type species.[1]

Species

Species[2]

  1. Hessea breviflora Herb.
  2. Hessea cinnamomea (L'Hér.) T.Durand & Schinz
  3. Hessea incana Snijman
  4. Hessea mathewsii W.F.Barker
  5. Hessea monticola Snijman
  6. Hessea pilosula D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies
  7. Hessea pulcherrima (D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies) Snijman
  8. Hessea pusilla Snijman
  9. Hessea speciosa Snijman
  10. Hessea stellaris (Jacq.) Herb.
  11. Hessea stenosiphon (Snijman) D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies
  12. Hessea tenuipedicellata Snijman
  13. Hessea undosa Snijman

Formerly included

The following species were formerly included:[2] Several species have been coined using the name Hessea, which refer to species now considered better suited to genera Namaquanula, Nerine or Strumaria:

References

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