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Genus: Strumaria

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

About 23 species, endemic to southern Africa.

Southern African species

Strumaria aestivalis          

 

Strumaria barbarae

 

Strumaria bidentata

 

Strumaria chaplinii

Saldanha Tolbol [Afrikaans]

See West Coast wild flowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 44.

 

Strumaria discifera (Bokkeveldtolbol)

See Nieuwoudtville wildflowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 58

 

Strumaria gemmata

[= Hessea gemmata]

See Karoo wildflowers by David Shearing & Katryn van Heerden p. 46

 

Strumaria hardyana

 

Strumaria  karooica

 

Strumaria karoopoortensis

 

Strumaria  leipoldtii

 

Strumaria  luteoloba

 

Strumaria massoniella

 

Strumaria merxmuelleriana

 

Strumaria perryae

 

Strumaria phonolithica

 

Strumaria picta

 

Strumaria prolifera

 

Strumaria  pubescens

 

Strumaria  pygmaea

 

Strumaria  salteri

 

Strumaria speciosa

 

Strumaria spiralis

 

Strumaria tenella

Tolbol [Afrikaans]

See West Coast wild flowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 44.

 

Strumaria truncata (Namaqualand Snowdrop)

See Nieuwoudtville wildflowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 58

 

Strumaria unguiculata

 

Strumaria villosa

 

Strumaria watermeyeri

[= Bokkeveldia watermeyeri]

Minimaartblom, Kleinmaartblom [Afrikaans]

See Cederberg wild flowers by Gretel van Rooyen & Hester Steyn p. 56

 

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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