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Strumariinae is one of four subtribes within the tribe Amaryllideae (subfamily Amaryllidoideae, family Amaryllidaceae), found in southern Africa.
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Description
The leaves are often prostrate (on the ground). The flowers may be zygomorphic or actinomorphic, and may or may not have a perigone tube. The stamens are connate (fused) into a tube at their proximal end. However Strumaria has one whorl of the stamens fused to the style. The fruit is dehiscent with seeds that have a well-developed integument that is chlorophyllous with a stomatose testa.
Phylogeny
Strumariinae are placed within Amaryllideae as follow:
These are phylogenetically related as follows:
Subdivision
Strumariinae consists of six genera, related as follows, with number of species in each genus in (parentheses):
References
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