Systematiocs of Drimia Jacq. s. l. (Hyacinthaceae: Urgineoideae) in Souhern Africa. 2018. (Strelitzia, 40). illus. 173 p. gr9vo.. Paper bd.

The authors provide a taxonomic revision of the genus Drimia in southern Africa, in which we recognise 70 species with 61 endemic to the region.
The account includes the new combination D. basutica for the illegitimate D. angustifolia Baker (1897) plus additional combinations for names that were invalidly published. We also describe eight new species: D. barbata, D. ciholata, D. decipiens, D. juncifolia, D. khubusensis; D. monophylla and D. schizobasoides from the Greater Cape Floristic Region, and D. vespertina from northern Namibia and southern Angola. Four taxa are synonymised: Albuca reflexa is included in D. indica, D. loedolffiae in D. calcarata, D. saniensis in D. depressa, and D.macrocarpa in D. basutica; and D. ecklonii is recognised as an earlier name for D. Iigulata. We confirm that Drimia nitida is the earliest name for Ledebouria concolor (Baker) Jessop and provide the necessary new combination and synonymy in Ledebouria. We provide a detailed infrageneric classification for southern African Drimia in which we recognise 19 morphologically coherent sections diagnosed by a combination of traditional and novel characters. The account includes full species descriptions, notes on ecology, distribution maps and identification keys to the sections and species, and line drawings of almost half of the species.