Strumaria

Strumaria
Strumaria watermeyeri, in habitat near Nieuwoudtville, South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
Genus: Strumaria
Jacq.
Type species
Strumaria truncata Jacq.
Synonyms
  • Carpolyza Salisb.
  • Hessea P.J.Bergius ex Schltdl. 1826, rejected homononym not Herb. 1837
  • Nesynstylis Raf.
  • Eudolon Salisb.
  • Gemmaria Salisb.
  • Hymenetron Salisb.
  • Pugionella Salisb.
  • Stylago Salisb.
  • Bokkeveldia D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies
  • Tedingea D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies

Strumaria is a genus of African plants in Amaryllis family, subfamily Amaryllidoideae. The genus is known in nature only from South Africa, Lesotho and Namibia. Almost all species flower in the autumn and are cultivated as ornamental bulbous plants.

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