Drimia zambesiaca

Drimia zambesiaca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Spermatophytes
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
	Synonymy Albuca reflexa K.Krause & Dinter ; Drimia laxiflora Baker ; Idothea laxiflora (Baker) Kuntze ; Iosanthus amboensis (Baker) Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo & M.Á.Alonso ; Ornithogalum desertorum J.C.Manning & Goldblatt ; Thuranthos laxiflorus (Baker) Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo & M.Á.Alonso ; Thuranthos zambesiacus (Baker) Kativu ; Urginea amboensis Baker ; Urginea salmonea Berhaut ; Urginea sebirii Berhaut ; Urginea zambesiaca Baker (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 pooleyorum N.R.Crouch, Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo, M.Pinter & M.Á.Alonso ;

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.²

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

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

[Phytotaxa371-1] Phytotaxa 371: 36 (2018)

[powo-2] "Drimia zambesiaca (Baker) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 19 September 2025.

[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

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