Biology:Hessea
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
| Hessea | |
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| Hessea cinnamomea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Amaryllidoideae |
| Subtribe: | Strumariinae |
| Genus: | Hessea Herb. 1837, conserved name not P. J. Bergius ex D. F. L. von Schlechtendal 1826 (syn of Carpolyza in Amaryllidaceae) |
| Type species | |
| Hessea stellaris (Jacq.) Herb.
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Hessea is a genus of bulb-forming plants in the Amaryllis family native to Namibia and South Africa .[1][2][3][4][5] The genus name commemorates C. H. F. Hesse (1772–1832), who resided in Cape Town from 1800 to 1817.[6]
- Species[1]
- formerly included[1]
Several species have been coined using the name Hessea, which refer to species now considered better suited to genera Namaquanula, Nerine or Strumaria:
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Herbert, William 1837. Amaryllidaceae 289.
- ↑ Goldblatt, P. & J. C. Manning. 2000. Cape Plants: A Conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9.
- ↑ Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
- ↑ South African National Biodiversity Institute, Red List of South African Plants, Hessea
- ↑ Plug, C.. "Hesse, Reverend Christian Heinrich Friedrich (plant collection)". Suider-Afrika Genootskap vir die Bevordering van die Wetenskap. http://www.s2a3.org.za/bio/Biograph_final.php?serial=1281. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
Wikidata ☰ Q290557 entry
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