Gemmaria (Salisb.) Snijman

Manning, John & Snijman, Deidre, 2021, The correct author citation for taxa in Strumaria and changes to subgenera in Strumaria and Hessea (Amaryllidaceae: Amaryllideae), with a synopsis of the actinomorphic- of subtribe Strumariinaeflowered genera, Bothalia (a 9) 51 (2), pp. 1-5 : 3

Subgenus Gemmaria (Salisb.) Snijman in Contributions from the Bolus Herbarium 16: 105 (1994). Gemmaria Salisb. : 127 (1866). Type: Gemmaria gemmata (Ker Gawl.) Salisb. ex D.Müll. -Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies = S. gemmata Ker-Gawl.

Bulb tunics parchment-like, whitish or yellowish. Cataphyll present or rarely absent. Foliage leaves 2(3), spreading to prostrate, lorate to elliptic, plane, more-or-less pubescent or pustulate, at least in juveniles. Scape mostly detaching basally at seed set. Flowers stellate to funnel-shaped, pedicels shorter or longer than perianth, tepals free, filaments separate, both whorls adnate to swollen style base, anthers subcentrifixed. Chromosome base number x = 10. Note: The phylogenetic study of Meerow and Snijman (2001), using nrDNA ITS sequences and morphology, shows weak support for the currently recognised sections of subgenus Gemmaria . The results, however, are based on less than a third of the species of the subgenus. Accordingly, until a more complete analysis of the clade becomes available, we retain the sections recognised in Snijman (1994).

Section Gemmaria (Salisb.) Snijman [validated above]. Gemmaria Salisb. :127(1866). Type:as for subgenus. Bulb tunics whitish or yellowish. Cataphyll present. Foliage leaves 2(3). Flowers stellate, pedicels at least twice as long as perianth, filaments attached to broad style base, style distinctly widest at base.

11 spp.: S. argillicola G.D.Duncan , S. chaplinii (W.F.Barker) Snijman , S. discifera Marloth ex Snijman subsp. discifera , S. discifera subsp. bulbifera Snijman , S. gemmata Ker Gawl. , S. karooica (W.F.Barker) Snijman , S. karoopoortensis (D.Müll.- Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies) Snijman, S. leipoldtii (L.Bolus) Snijman , S. massoniella (D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies) Snijman, S. merxmuelleriana (D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies) Snijman, S. unguiculata (W.F.Barker) Snijman , S. villosa Snijman

Section Bokkeveldia (D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.- Doblies) Snijman in Contributions from the Bolus Herbarium 16: 131 (1994). Bokkeveldia D.Müll. - Doblies & U.Müll.- Doblies: 27 (1985). Type: Bokkeveldia watermeyeri (L.Bolus) D.Müll. -Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies = S. watermeyeri L.Bolus

Bulb tunics whitish or yellowish. Cataphyll present. Foliage leaves 2(3). Flowers more-or-less funnel-shaped, pedicels slightly shorter or longer than perianth, filaments adnate to style for 2.5 to 4.0 mm above base, style more-or-less evenly thickened in proximal half.

5 spp.: S. aestivalis Snijman , S. perryae Snijman , S. pubescens W.F.Barker , S. salteri W.F.Barker , S. watermeyeri L.Bolus subsp. watermeyeri , S. watermeyeri subsp. botterkloofensis (D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies) Snijman