Drimia zambesiaca

Drimia zambesaica is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae. It is a bulbous geophyte native to tropical and southern Africa, ranging from Mauritania to Ethiopia and south to KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.^[1]

Clade:Tracheophytes

Clade:Angiosperms

Clade:Monocots

Order:Asparagales

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Drimia zambesiaca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Asparagaceae
Subfamily:	Scilloideae
Genus:	Drimia
Species:	D. zambesiaca
Binomial name
Drimia zambesiaca (Baker) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy Albuca reflexa K.Krause & Dinter Drimia laxiflora Baker Idothea laxiflora (Baker) Kuntze Iosanthus amboensis (Baker) Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo & M.Á.Alonso Ornithogalum desertorum J.C.Manning & Goldblatt Thuranthos laxiflorus (Baker) Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo & M.Á.Alonso Thuranthos zambesiacus (Baker) Kativu Urginea amboensis Baker Urginea salmonea Berhaut Urginea sebirii Berhaut Urginea zambesiaca Baker (1873) (basionym) Vera-duthiea amboensis (Baker) Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo, M.Pinter & Wetschnig Vera-duthiea reflexa (K.Krause & Dinter) Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo, M.Pinter & Wetschnig Vera-duthiea salmonea (Berhaut) Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo, M.Pinter & Wetschnig Vera-duthiea sebirii (Berhaut) Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo, M.Pinter & Wetschnig Vera-duthiea zambesiaca (Baker) N.R.Crouch & Mart.-Azorín Zingela pooleyorum N.R.Crouch, Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo, M.Pinter & M.Á.Alonso[2]

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Specimens were previously misidentified as Drimia indica. In 2018 Crouch et al. described a new species and monotypic genus, Zingela pooleyorum.^[3] In 2019 John C. Manning discovered that Z. pooleyorum was identical with a 1994 description of Urginea zambesiaca by Kativu and Drummond. Manning placed the species in the genus Drimia, with the older specific epithet zambesaica taking precedence.^[4]