Drimia zambesiaca
| Drimia zambesiaca | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Scilloideae |
| Genus: | Drimia |
| Species: | D. zambesiaca
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| Binomial name | |
| Drimia zambesiaca (Baker) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Synonymy
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Drimia zambesaica is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae. It is a bulbous geophyte native to tropical and southern Africa, ranging from Mauritania to Ethiopia and south to KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.[2]
Specimens were previously misidentified as Drimia indica. In 2018 Crouch et al. described a new species and monotypic genus, Zingela pooleyorum.[3] In 2019 John C. Manning discovered that Z. pooleyorum was identical with a 1994 description of Urginea zambesiaca by Kativu and Drummond. Manning placed the species in the genus Drimia, with the older specific epithet zambesaica taking precedence.[4]
References
- ^ Phytotaxa 371: 36 (2018)
- ^ a b "Drimia zambesiaca (Baker) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
- ^ Crouch, Neil R.; Martínez-Azorín, Mario; Crespo, Manuel B.; Pinter, Michael; Alonso-Vargas, María Á. (2018). "Zingela (Asparagaceae, Scilloideae), a distinct new urgineoid genus from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa". Phytotaxa. 371: 33. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.371.1.4. hdl:10045/82547. S2CID 92403030.
- ^ Manning, J. (2019). New synonyms and combinations in Drimia Jacq. (Hyacinthaceae) in southern Africa. Bothalia, 49(1), 5 pages. doi:https://doi.org/10.4102/abc.v49i1.2412