{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |taxon = Fusifilum |image = Albuca dipinto-1046.jpg |image_caption = ''Fusifilum physodes'' |authority = Raf.<ref name=WCSP_307095/> }}
'''''Fusifilum''''' is a genus of bulbous flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae (also treated as the family Hyacinthaceae).<ref name=APweb_Scilloideae>Stevens, P.F. (2001 onwards), "[http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/orders/asparagalesweb.htm#Hyacinthaceae Asparagales: Scilloideae]", ''Angiosperm Phylogeny Website'', retrieved 2013-04-08</ref> It is distributed in southern Africa (South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Namibia).<ref name=WCSP_307095>{{Citation |contribution=Fusifilum|title=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=307095 |accessdate=2013-04-08}}</ref> Some sources consider that all the species should be placed in the genus ''Drimia''.<ref name=MannGoldFay04/>
==Systematics==
The genus ''Fusifilum'' was created by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz in 1837,<ref name=WCSP_Fusifilum/> the type species being ''F. physodes''.<ref name=MannGoldFay04>{{Cite journal |last1=Manning |first1=J.C. |last2=Goldblatt |first2=P. |last3=Fay |first3=M.F. |year=2004 |title=A revised generic synopsis of Hyacintheaceae in sub-Saharan Africa, based on molecular evidence, including new combinations and the new tribe Pseudoprospereae |journal=Edinburgh Journal of Botany |volume=60 |issue=3 |pages=533–568 |doi=10.1017/S0960428603000404 |doi-access=free }}</ref> In 2001, some species were moved from other genera (such as ''Drimia'') into ''Fusifilum''. Other species were newly created.<ref name=WCSP_Fusifilum/> A molecular phylogenetic analysis by Manning et al. in 2004 concluded that the genus was not monophyletic and that the species should all be placed in the genus ''Drimia''.<ref name=MannGoldFay04/>
''Fusifilum'' is placed in the tribe Urgineeae (or the subfamily Urgineoideae by those who use the family Hyacinthaceae).<ref name=MannGoldFay04/>
===Species===
{{As of|2013|April}}, the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families recognized the following species:<ref name=WCSP_Fusifilum>Search for "Fusifilum", {{Citation |title=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/ |accessdate=2013-04-08 }}</ref>
{{Div col}} *''Fusifilum bruce-bayeri'' <small>U.Müll.-Doblies, J.S.Tang & D.Müll.-Doblies</small> *''Fusifilum capitatum'' <small>(Hook.f.) Speta</small> *''Fusifilum crenulatum'' <small>U.Müll.-Doblies, J.S.Tang & D.Müll.-Doblies</small> *''Fusifilum depressum'' <small>(Baker) U.Müll.-Doblies, J.S.Tang & D.Müll.-Doblies</small> *''Fusifilum emdeorum'' <small>J.S.Tang & Weiglin</small> *''Fusifilum gifbergense'' <small>U.Müll.-Doblies, J.S.Tang & D.Müll.-Doblies</small> *''Fusifilum glaucum'' <small>U.Müll.-Doblies, J.S.Tang & D.Müll.-Doblies</small> *''Fusifilum hei'' <small>U.Müll.-Doblies, J.S.Tang & D.Müll.-Doblies</small> *''Fusifilum magicum'' <small>U.Müll.-Doblies, J.S.Tang & D.Müll.-Doblies</small> *''Fusifilum minus'' <small>(A.V.Duthie) Speta</small> *''Fusifilum oliverorum'' <small>U.Müll.-Doblies, J.S.Tang & D.Müll.-Doblies</small> *''Fusifilum papillosum'' <small>U.Müll.-Doblies, J.S.Tang & D.Müll.-Doblies</small> *''Fusifilum physodes'' <small>(Jacq.) Raf. ex Speta</small> *''Fusifilum spirale'' <small>U.Müll.-Doblies, J.S.Tang & D.Müll.-Doblies</small> *''Fusifilum stoloniferum'' <small>U.Müll.-Doblies, J.S.Tang & D.Müll.-Doblies</small> {{Div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Asparagaceae genera Category:Scilloideae Category:Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque