Drimia

Drimia
Drimia maritima growing in the Sierra Madrona, Spain.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Scilloideae
Genus: Drimia
Jacq. ex Willd.[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Adenotheca Welw. ex Baker
  • Boosia Speta
  • Charybdis Speta
  • Duthiea Speta
  • Ebertia Speta
  • Geschollia Speta
  • Idothea Kunth
  • Idothearia C.Presl
  • Indurgia Speta
  • Ledurgia Speta
  • Litanthus Harv.
  • Mucinaea M.Pinter
  • Pilasia Raf.
  • Rhadamanthopsis (Oberm.) Speta
  • Rhadamanthus Salisb.
  • Rhodocodon Baker
  • Sagittanthera Mart.-Azorín
  • Schizobasis Baker
  • Sekanama Speta
  • Squilla Steinh.
  • Strepsiphyla Raf.
  • Sypharissa Salisb.
  • Tenicroa Raf.
  • Thuranthos C.H.Wright
  • Urginavia Speta
  • Urginea Steinh.
  • Urgineopsis Compton
Drimia maritima flowering in Khurvat Karta, Israel

Drimia is a genus of African, south European and south Asian flowering plants. In the APG IV classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae (formerly the family Hyacinthaceae[2]). When broadly circumscribed, the genus includes a number of other genera previously treated separately, including Litanthus, Rhodocodon, Schizobasis and Urginea.[1]

One of the best-known species is the sea squill, Drimia maritima (formerly Urginea maritima). Drimia intricata (formerly Schizobasis intricata) is sometimes cultivated as a bulbous or succulent plant.

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