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]
| 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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| Synonyms[1] | |
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- Species[1]
- Hessea breviflora Herb.
- Hessea cinnamomea (L'Hér.) T.Durand & Schinz
- Hessea incana Snijman
- Hessea mathewsii W.F.Barker
- Hessea monticola Snijman
- Hessea pilosula D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies
- Hessea pulcherrima (D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies) Snijman
- Hessea pusilla Snijman
- Hessea speciosa Snijman
- Hessea stellaris (Jacq.) Herb.
- Hessea stenosiphon (Snijman) D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies
- Hessea tenuipedicellata Snijman
- Hessea undosa Snijman
- 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:
- Hessea bruce-bayeri - Namaquanula bruce-bayeri
- Hessea burchelliana - Strumaria gemmata
- Hessea chaplinii - Strumaria chaplinii
- Hessea filifolia - Strumaria tenella
- Hessea gemmata - Strumaria gemmata
- Hessea karooica - Strumaria karooica
- Hessea leipoldtii - Strumaria leipoldtii
- Hessea rehmannii - Nerine rehmannii
- Hessea spiralis - Strumaria pygmaea
- Hessea spiralis - Strumaria spiralis
- Hessea tenella - Strumaria tenella
- Hessea unguiculata - Strumaria unguiculata
- Hessea vaginata - Strumaria truncata
References
edit- ^ a b c d 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)". s2a3. Suider-Afrika Genootskap vir die Bevordering van die Wetenskap. Retrieved 5 January 2017.