Strumaria

Strumaria is a genus of African plants in Amaryllis family, subfamily Amaryllidoideae.[2] The genus is known in nature only from South Africa, Lesotho and Namibia.[3]

Strumaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Amaryllidoideae
Genus:	Strumaria Jacq.
Synonyms[1]
Carpolyza Salisb. Hessea P.J.Bergius ex Schltdl. 1826, rejected homononym not Herb. 1837 Nesynstylis Raf. Eudolon Salisb. Gemmaria Salisb. Hymenetron Salisb. Pugionella Salisb. Stylago Salisb. Bokkeveldia D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies Tedingea D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies

Species

Accepted (as of April 2015)[4][5]

• Strumaria aestivalis Snijman – Northern Cape Province
• Strumaria barbarae Oberm. – Namibia, Northern Cape Province
• Strumaria bidentata Schinz – Namibia, Northern Cape Province
• Strumaria chaplinii (W.F.Barker) Snijman – Western Cape Province
• Strumaria discifera Marloth ex Snijman – Western Cape Province, Northern Cape Province
• Strumaria gemmata Ker Gawl. – Western Cape Province, Northern Cape Province, Eastern Cape Province, Free State
• Strumaria hardyana D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies – Namibia
• Strumaria karooica (W.F.Barker) Snijman – Western Cape Province, Northern Cape Province
• Strumaria karoopoortensis (D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies) Snijman – Western Cape Province, Northern Cape Province
• Strumaria leipoldtii (L.Bolus) Snijman – Western Cape Province
• Strumaria luteoloba Snijman – Namibia, Northern Cape Province
• Strumaria massoniella (D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies) Snijman – Northern Cape Province
• Strumaria merxmuelleriana (D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies) Snijman – Northern Cape Province
• Strumaria perryae Snijman – Northern Cape Province
• Strumaria phonolithica Dinter – Namibia
• Strumaria picta W.F.Barker – Northern Cape Province
• Strumaria prolifera Snijman – Northern Cape Province
• Strumaria pubescens W.F.Barker – Western Cape Province, Northern Cape Province
• Strumaria pygmaea Snijman – Western Cape Province, Northern Cape Province
• Strumaria salteri W.F.Barker – Western Cape Province
• Strumaria speciosa Snijman – Namibia
• Strumaria spiralis (L'Hér.) W.T.Aiton – Western Cape Province
• Strumaria tenella (L.f.) Snijman – Western Cape Province, Northern Cape Province, Lesotho
• Strumaria truncata Jacq. – Western Cape Province, Northern Cape Province, Namibia
• Strumaria unguiculata (W.F.Barker) Snijman – Western Cape Province, Northern Cape Province
• Strumaria villosa Snijman – Northern Cape Province
• Strumaria watermeyeri L.Bolus – Northern Cape Province

Formerly included[4]

A few names have been coined using the name Strumaria, applied to species now considered better suited to other genera (Hessea and Libertia).

• Strumaria chilensis - Libertia chilensis
• Strumaria crispa - Hessea cinnamomea
• Strumaria stellaris - Hessea stellaris

References

1. "Strumaria", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2013-09-03
2. Stevens, P.F., Angiosperm Phylogeny Website: Asparagales: Amaryllidoideae
3. Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria
4. "Search for Strumaria", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2014-07-28
5. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Red List of South African Plants, genus Strumaria

External links

• Strumaria at the Pacific Bulb Society