Strumaria Watermeyeri
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''Strumaria watermeyeri'' is a
species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
of
flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
in the family
Amaryllidaceae 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 amaryl ...
, native to the
Cape Provinces The Cape Provinces of South Africa is a biogeographical area used in the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD). It is part of the WGSRPD region 27 Southern Africa. The area has the code "CPP". It includes the Sou ...
of South Africa, where it is found in dry areas in the northwest. It is usually solitary, and has pink or white flowers. It was first described by
Louisa Bolus Harriet Margaret Louisa Bolus ''née'' Kensit (31 July 1877, Burgersdorp – 5 April 1970, Cape Town) was a South African botanist and taxonomist, and the longtime curator of the Bolus Herbarium, from 1903. Bolus also has the legacy of authori ...
in 1921.


Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized: *''Strumaria watermeyeri'' subsp. ''botterkloofensis'' (D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies) Snijman *''Strumaria watermeyeri'' subsp. ''watermayeri''


References

watermeyeri Endemic flora of the Cape Provinces Plants described in 1921 {{Amaryllidaceae-stub