Strumaria

Strumaria
Strumaria watermeyeri, in habitat near Nieuwoudtville, South Africa
Scientific classification Edit this 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
Strumaria gemmata in cultivation

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] Almost all species flower in the autumn and are cultivated as ornamental bulbous plants.

  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. (2003), "Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist", Strelitzia, 14 (i–vi), National Botanical Institute, Pretoria: 1–1231