Hessea

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamilia: Amaryllidoideae
Tribus: Amaryllideae
Subtribus: Strumariinae
Genus: Hessea
Species: H. breviflora – H. cinnamomea – H. incana – H. mathewsii – H. monticola – H. pilosula – H. pulcherrima – H. pusilla – H. speciosa – H. squamosa – H. stellaris – H. stenosiphon – H. tenuipedicellata – H. undosa
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Hessea in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jul. 27. Reference page.

Name

Hessea Herb., 1837.

Type species: Hessea stellaris (Jacq.) Herb.

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Imhofia Herb., Appendix: 18 (1821), nom. illeg.
Periphanes Salisb., Gen. Pl.: 118 (1866)
Kamiesbergia Snijman, Bothalia 21: 125 (1991)
Dewinterella D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies, Feddes Repert. 105: 341 (1994)

References

Herbert, W., 1837. Amaryllidaceae; Preceded by an Attempt to Arrange the Monocotyledonous Orders, ... London, 289. t. 29.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Hessea in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 August 19. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Hessea in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 August 19. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Hessea. Published online. Accessed: 19 August 2019.
The Plant List 2013. Hessea in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 August 19.
Tropicos.org 2019. Hessea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 August 19.

Vernacular names

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]

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

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.