''Hessea'' is a genus of bulb-forming plants in the

Amaryllis family The Amaryllidaceae are a family of herbaceous, mainly perennial and bulbous (rarely rhizomatous) flowering plants in the monocot order Asparagales. The family takes its name from the genus ''Amaryllis'' and is commonly known as the amaryllis fam ...

native to

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and

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...

.South African National Biodiversity Institute, Red List of South African Plants, ''Hessea''
/ref> The genus name commemorates C. H. F. Hesse (1772–1832), who resided in

Cape Town Cape Town is the legislature, legislative capital city, capital of South Africa. It is the country's oldest city and the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. Cape Town is the country's List of municipalities in South Africa, second-largest ...

from 1800 to 1817.

Description

The stigma is trifid.

Taxonomy

It was published by William Herbert in 1837Herbert, William. (1837). Amaryllidaceae: preceded by an attempt to arrange the monocotyledonous orders, and followed by a treatise on cross-bred vegetables, and supplement (p. 289). J. Ridgway and Sons. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50397107 with ''Hessea stellaris'' as the type species.

Species

Formerly included

The following species were formerly included: Several species have been coined using the name ''Hessea'', which refer to species now considered better suited to genera '' Namaquanula'', ''

Nerine ''Nerine'' (nerines, Guernsey lily, Jersey lily, spider lily) is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family (biology), family Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Amaryllidoideae. They are bulbous perennial plant, perennials, some evergreen, asso ...

'' or ''

Strumaria ''Strumaria'' is a genus of African plants in Amaryllidaceae, Amaryllis family, subfamily Amaryllidoideae. The genus is known in nature only from South Africa, Lesotho and Namibia. Almost all species flower in the autumn and are cultivated as or ...

'':

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q290557 Flora of Southern Africa Amaryllidaceae genera Taxa named by William Herbert (botanist)