Strumaria unguiculata

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Strumaria unguiculata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
Genus: Strumaria
Species:
S. unguiculata
Binomial name
Strumaria unguiculata

Strumaria unguiculata is a plant species endemic to Western Cape Province in South Africa. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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References

  1. Snijman, Deidré Anne. 1994. Contributions of the Bolus Herbarium 16: 107 (1994).
  2. Winsome Fanny Barker. 1935. Journal of South African Botany. Kirstenbosch, 1:33, as Hessea unguiculata
  3. Müller-Doblies, Dietrich & Müller-Doblies, Ute. 1985. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 107: 30, as Gemmaria unguiculata
  4. Leighton, Frances Margaret. 1948. Journal of South African Botany 14: 82 as Periphanes unguiculata