Hessea Explained

Hessea is a genus of bulb-forming plants in the Amaryllis family native to Namibia and South Africa.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} The genus name commemorates C. H. F. Hesse (1772–1832), who resided in Cape Town from 1800 to 1817.^[5]

Species

formerly includedSeveral species have been coined using the name Hessea, which refer to species now considered better suited to genera Namaquanula, Nerine or Strumaria:

Notes and References

1. Herbert, William 1837. Amaryllidaceae 289.
2. Goldblatt, P. & J. C. Manning. 2000. Cape Plants: A Conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9.
3. 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).
4. http://redlist.sanbi.org/search.php?sppsearch=Hessea+ South African National Biodiversity Institute, Red List of South African Plants, Hessea
5. Web site: Plug. C.. Hesse, Reverend Christian Heinrich Friedrich (plant collection) . s2a3 . Suider-Afrika Genootskap vir die Bevordering van die Wetenskap . 5 January 2017.