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Genus: Hessea

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) >  Monocotyledons >  Order: Asparagales >  Family: Amaryllidaceae

The 14 species are endemic to southern Africa.

Species indigenous in southern Africa

Hessea breviflora         

 

Hessea cinnamomea

 

Hessea incana

 

Hessea mathewsii

 

Hessea monticola

 

Hessea pilosula

 

Hessea pulcherrima

 

Hessea pusilla

 

Hessea speciosa

 

Hessea stellaris

 

Hessea stenosiphon

 

Hessea tenuipedicellata

 

Hessea undosa

 

Publications

  • Snijman, D.A. 1994. Systematics of Hessea, Strumaria and Carpolyza (Amaryllideae: Amaryllidaceae). Contributions from the Bolus Herbarium 16: 1-162.

 

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