Hessea is a genus of bulb-forming plants in the Amaryllis family native to Namibia and South Africa.[2][3][4][5] The genus name commemorates C. H. F. Hesse (1772–1832), who resided in Cape Town from 1800 to 1817.[6]
Description
The stigma is trifid.[7]
Taxonomy
It was published by William Herbert in 1837[1][7] with Hessea stellaris (Jacq.) Herb. as the type species.[1]
Species
Species[2]
- 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
The following species were formerly included:[2] 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
- ^ a b c Missouri Botanical Garden. (n.d.-f). Hessea Herb. Tropicos. Retrieved January 21, 2025, from https://www.tropicos.org/name/40024795
- ^ a b c d Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Herbert, William. (1837). Amaryllidaceae: preceded by an attempt to arrange the monocotyledonous orders, and followed by a treatise on cross-bred vegetables, and supplement (p. 289). J. Ridgway and Sons. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50397107
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