Strumaria chaplinii

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|Gemmaria chaplinii|(W.F.Barker) D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies

|Hessea chaplinii|W.F.Barker

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Strumaria chaplinii is a species of bulbous flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae, native to south-west Cape Provinces. It was first described in 1944 as Hessea chaplinii.

Description

Strumaria chaplinii is a very small plant. The upper leaf surfaces are hairy. The flowers are star-shaped, with tepals that have flat faces, unlike similar species such as Strumaria discifera. Like other species of Strumaria, the flowers are borne in an umbel on long pedicels.

Taxonomy

The species was first described as Hessea chaplinii in 1944 by Winsome Fanny Barker. It was transferred to Strumaria in 1994.

Distribution and habitat

Strumaria chaplinii is native to the south-west Cape Provinces of South Africa. It grows in moist pockets at the base of granite rocks in coastal fynbos.

Gallery

File:Strumaria chaplinii flowering Kew 1.jpg|Strumaria chaplinii flowering in Davies Alpine House, Kew

File:Strumaria chaplinii Kew 3 single flower in profile.jpg|Single flower (enlarged) in profile

File:Strumaria chaplinii 15514185.jpg|Villous foliage

References

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{{citation |mode=cs2 |last=Grossi |first=Alberto |date=2014 |title=Strumaria in cultivation |journal=The Plantsman |series=(New Series) |volume=13 |issue=4 |pages=222–225 }}

{{citation |title=Strumaria chaplinii (W.F.Barker) Snijman|work=The International Plant Names Index |url=http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=978591-1 |accessdate=2022-04-03}}

{{cite iucn |mode=cs2 |last1=Snijman |first1=D.A. |last2=Victor |first2=J. |last3=Raimondo |first3=D. |year=2014 |title=Strumaria chaplinii |journal=The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species |volume=2014

|page=e.T63729364A63729367 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T63729364A63729367.en }}

{{cite iucn |author1=Sillero-Zubiri, C. |author2=Do Linh San, E. |name-list-style=amp |year=2016 |title=Mungos gambianus |journal=The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species |volume=2016 |page=e.T13922A45199653 |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13922/45199653 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T13922A45199653.en |access-date=18 October 2018}}

{{citation |title=Strumaria chaplinii (W.F.Barker) Snijman |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:978591-1 |accessdate=2022-04-03}}

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chaplinii

Category:Endemic flora of the Cape Provinces

Category:Plants described in 1944