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Strumaria chaplinii

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Species of bulbous flowering plant

Strumaria chaplinii
Strumaria chaplinii, Alpine House, Kew Gardens
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
Genus: Strumaria
Species: S. chaplinii
Binomial name
Strumaria chaplinii
(W.F.Barker) Snijman
Synonyms
  • Gemmaria chaplinii (W.F.Barker) D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies
  • Hessea chaplinii W.F.Barker

Strumaria chaplinii is a species of bulbous flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae, native to south-west Cape Provinces. It was first described in 1944 as Hessea chaplinii.

Description

Strumaria chaplinii is a very small plant. The upper leaf surfaces are hairy. The flowers are star-shaped, with tepals that have flat faces, unlike similar species such as Strumaria discifera. Like other species of Strumaria, the flowers are borne in an umbel on long pedicels.

Taxonomy

The species was first described as Hessea chaplinii in 1944 by Winsome Fanny Barker. It was transferred to Strumaria in 1994.

Distribution and habitat

Strumaria chaplinii is native to the south-west Cape Provinces of South Africa. It grows in moist pockets at the base of granite rocks in coastal fynbos.

Gallery

  • Strumaria chaplinii flowering in Davies Alpine House, Kew Strumaria chaplinii flowering in Davies Alpine House, Kew
  • Single flower (enlarged) in profile Single flower (enlarged) in profile
  • Villous foliage Villous foliage

References

  1. ^ Snijman, D.A.; Victor, J.; Raimondo, D. (2014), "Strumaria chaplinii", The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2014: e.T63729364A63729367, doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T63729364A63729367.en
  2. ^ "Strumaria chaplinii (W.F.Barker) Snijman", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2022-04-03
  3. ^ "Strumaria chaplinii (W.F.Barker) Snijman", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2022-04-03
  4. Grossi, Alberto (2014), "Strumaria in cultivation", The Plantsman, (New Series), 13 (4): 222–225
Taxon identifiers
Strumaria chaplinii
Hessea chaplinii


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