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Zingela

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Zingela
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Scilloideae
Genus: Zingela
N.R.Crouch, Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo, M.Pinter & M.Á.Alonso[1]
Species:
Z. pooleyorum
Binomial name
Zingela pooleyorum
N.R.Crouch, Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo, M.Pinter & M.Á.Alonso[1]

Zingela is a genus of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae. It has only one currently accepted species, Zingela pooleyorum, native to KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.[2] It was previously misidentified as specimens of Drimia indica.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Phytotaxa 371: 36 (2018)
  2. ^ "Zingela N.R.Crouch, Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo, M.Pinter & M.Á.Alonso". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  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.