Strumaria tenella

Strumaria tenella is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae, native to Lesotho, and the Cape Provinces and Free State of South Africa.[1] It was first described by Carl Linnaeus the Younger in 1782 as Crinum tenellum.[2] Its inflorescence of white flowers has been described as "noticeably starry".[3]

Strumaria tenella
Strumaria tenella subsp. tenella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
Genus: Strumaria
Species:
S. tenella
Binomial name
Strumaria tenella
(L.f.) Snijman[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Carpolyza tenella (L.f.) F.M.Leight.
  • Crinum tenellum L.f.
  • Hessea tenella (L.f.) Oberm.
  • Imhofia tenella (L.f.) M.Roem.
  • Tedingea tenella (L.f.) D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized:[1]

  • Strumaria tenella subsp. orientalis Snijman is the only Strumaria taxon from the summer rainfall area in the east of southern Africa – all the others, including subsp. tenella, are from the more western winter rainfall area. It has a larger swelling at the base of the style than subsp. tenella.[3]
  • Strumaria tenella subsp. tenella

References
  1. "Strumaria tenella (L.f.) Snijman", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2022-04-04
  2. "Strumaria tenella (L.f.) Snijman", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2022-04-04
  3. Grossi, Alberto (2014), "Strumaria in cultivation", The Plantsman, (New Series), 13 (4): 222–225


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