Hessea is a genus of bulb-forming plants in the Amaryllis family native to Namibia and South Africa.Goldblatt, P. & J. C. Manning. 2000. Cape Plants: A Conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9.Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).South African National Biodiversity Institute, Red List of South African Plants, Hessea The genus name commemorates C. H. F. Hesse (1772–1832), who resided in Cape Town from 1800 to 1817.
Description The stigma is trifid.
Taxonomy It was published by William Herbert in 1837Herbert, William. (1837). Amaryllidaceae: preceded by an attempt to arrange the monocotyledonous orders, and followed by a treatise on cross-bred vegetables, and supplement (p. 289). J. Ridgway and Sons. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50397107 with Hessea stellaris as the type species. Species Species
Formerly included The following species were formerly included: Several species have been coined using the name Hessea, which refer to species now considered better suited to genera Namaquanula, Nerine or Strumaria:
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