Drimia zambesiaca

Drimia zambesiaca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Asparagaceae
Subfamily:	Scilloideae
Genus:	Drimia
Species:	D. zambesiaca
Binomial name
Drimia zambesiaca (Baker) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
Synonyms [1]
Synonymy Albuca reflexaK.Krause & Dinter Drimia laxifloraBaker Idothea laxiflora(Baker) Kuntze Iosanthus amboensis(Baker) Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo & M.Á.Alonso Ornithogalum desertorumJ.C.Manning & Goldblatt Thuranthos laxiflorus(Baker) Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo & M.Á.Alonso Thuranthos zambesiacus(Baker) Kativu Urginea amboensisBaker Urginea salmoneaBerhaut Urginea sebiriiBerhaut Urginea zambesiacaBaker (1873) (basionym) Vera-duthiea amboensis(Baker) Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo, M.Pinter & Wetschnig Vera-duthiea reflexa(K.Krause & Dinter) Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo, M.Pinter & Wetschnig Vera-duthiea salmonea(Berhaut) Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo, M.Pinter & Wetschnig Vera-duthiea sebirii(Berhaut) Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo, M.Pinter & Wetschnig Vera-duthiea zambesiaca(Baker) N.R.Crouch & Mart.-Azorín Zingela pooleyorumN.R.Crouch, Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo, M.Pinter & M.Á.Alonso [2]

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. ^[1]

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

1. "Drimia zambesiaca (Baker) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 19 September 2025.
2. Phytotaxa 371: 36 (2018)
3. 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.
4. 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