Amaryllidaceae
Hessea

Hessea breviflora Herb.

First published in Amaryllidaceae: 289 (1837)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. & SW. Cape Prov. It is a bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cape Provinces

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 1986 Drege [252b] South Africa K000365496 Type Yes
Oct 1, 1986 Drege [252b] South Africa K000365497 Isotype Yes
Galpin, E.E. [12941] South Africa K002852939 No
Salter, T.M. [669] South Africa K002852941 Yes
Salter, T.M. [4435] South Africa K002852934 Yes
Goldblatt, P. [5509] South Africa K002852942 Yes
Snijman, D. [1206] South Africa K002852945 Yes
Snijman, D. [1123] South Africa K002852949 Yes
Snijman, D. [850] South Africa K002852944 Yes
Jaarsveld, E.V.; Drijfhout, P. [5305] South Africa K002852948 Yes
Zeyher [s.n.] South Africa K000365492 Unknown Type Material Yes
Oliver, E.G.H. [3382] South Africa K002852943 Yes
Salter, T. [375/12] South Africa K002852936 Yes
Williamson, G.; Williamson, F. [4610] South Africa K002852938 Yes
Goldblatt, P. [1849] South Africa K002852937 Yes
Muller-Doblies, D.; Muller-Doblies, U. [[80 096]] South Africa K002852946 Yes
Zeyher [1661] South Africa K000365495 Holotype Yes
Zeyher [1661] South Africa K000365493 Holotype Yes
Zeyher [1661] South Africa K000365494 Type Yes
Bachmann [s.n.] South Africa K000365490 Type Yes
Snijman, D. [853] South Africa K002852947 Yes
Leipoldt, C.L. [823] K002852935 Yes
Zeyher [s.n.] South Africa K000365491 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images