Bessera

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Bessera
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Bessera elegans
1839 illustration [1]
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Brodiaeoideae
Genus: Bessera
Schult.f. 1829, conserved name not Schult. 1809 (Boraginaceae) nor Spreng. 1815 (Putranjivaceae) nor Vell. 1825 (Nyctaginaceae) [2]
Synonyms [3]
  • PhariumHerb.

Bessera is a genus of Mexican plants in the cluster lily subfamily within the asparagus family. [4] [5] It is a small genus of 5 known species of mostly herbaceous flowering plants with corms. [6] They have flowers with petals and petaloid sepals (tepals) with compound pistils.

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The genus is named for Austrian and Russian botanist Wilibald Swibert Joseph Gottlieb von Besser (1784–1842).

Bessera elegans , called coral drops, is cultivated and is a half-hardy Mexican herbaceous plant growing from corms with drooping terminal umbels of showy red-and-white colored flowers.

Taxonomy

Species

Plants of the World Online currently accepts four species: [3]

  1. Bessera elegans Schult.f. — central to southern Mexico.
  2. Bessera elegantissima E.Gándara, Ortiz-Brunel, Art.Castro & Ruiz-Sanchez
  3. Bessera ramirezii E.Gándara, Ortiz-Brunel, Art.Castro & Ruiz-Sanchez
  4. Bessera tuitensis R.Delgad. — Jalisco state in coastal southwestern Mexico.

Former species

Some species formerly placed in Bessera have been reclassified to other genera, including Androstephium, Drypetes, Flueggea, Guapira , and Pulmonaria .
Former species include: [2] [6]

References

  1. ↑ Edwards's Botanical Register; Consisting of Coloured Figures of Exotic Plants Cultivated in British Gardens; with their History and Mode of Treatment. London 25: t. 34 (1839). sulivanica
  2. 1 2 Tropicos, search for Bessera
  3. 1 2 "Bessera Schult.f." Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 9 July 2025.
  4. ↑ Stevens, P.F., Angiosperm Phylogeny Website: Asparagales: Brodiaeoideae
  5. ↑ Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. Continental Publishing, Deurne.
  6. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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