# Fusifilum

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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|taxon = Fusifilum
|image = Albuca dipinto-1046.jpg
|image_caption = ''[Fusifilum physodes](/source/Fusifilum_physodes)''
|authority = [Raf.](/source/Constantine_Samuel_Rafinesque-Schmaltz)<ref name=WCSP_307095/>
}}

'''''Fusifilum''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [bulb](/source/bulb)ous flowering plants in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Asparagaceae](/source/Asparagaceae), subfamily [Scilloideae](/source/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](/source/South_Africa), [Lesotho](/source/Lesotho), [Swaziland](/source/Swaziland), [Namibia](/source/Namibia)).<ref name=WCSP_307095>{{Citation |contribution=Fusifilum|title=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families |publisher=[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew](/source/Royal_Botanic_Gardens%2C_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](/source/Drimia)''.<ref name=MannGoldFay04/>

==Systematics==

The genus ''Fusifilum'' was created by [Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz](/source/Constantine_Samuel_Rafinesque-Schmaltz) in 1837,<ref name=WCSP_Fusifilum/> the type species being ''F.&nbsp;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](/source/molecular_phylogenetics) by Manning et al. in 2004 concluded that the genus was not [monophyletic](/source/monophyly) and that the species should all be placed in the genus ''[Drimia](/source/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](/source/World_Checklist_of_Selected_Plant_Families) recognized the following [species](/source/species):<ref name=WCSP_Fusifilum>Search for "Fusifilum", {{Citation |title=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families |publisher=[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew](/source/Royal_Botanic_Gardens%2C_Kew) |url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/ |accessdate=2013-04-08 }}</ref>

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*''[Fusifilum bruce-bayeri](/source/Fusifilum_bruce-bayeri)'' <small>U.Müll.-Doblies, J.S.Tang & D.Müll.-Doblies</small>
*''[Fusifilum capitatum](/source/Fusifilum_capitatum)'' <small>(Hook.f.) Speta</small>
*''[Fusifilum crenulatum](/source/Fusifilum_crenulatum)'' <small>U.Müll.-Doblies, J.S.Tang & D.Müll.-Doblies</small>
*''[Fusifilum depressum](/source/Fusifilum_depressum)'' <small>(Baker) U.Müll.-Doblies, J.S.Tang & D.Müll.-Doblies</small>
*''[Fusifilum emdeorum](/source/Fusifilum_emdeorum)'' <small>J.S.Tang & Weiglin</small>
*''[Fusifilum gifbergense](/source/Fusifilum_gifbergense)'' <small>U.Müll.-Doblies, J.S.Tang & D.Müll.-Doblies</small>
*''[Fusifilum glaucum](/source/Fusifilum_glaucum)'' <small>U.Müll.-Doblies, J.S.Tang & D.Müll.-Doblies</small>
*''[Fusifilum hei](/source/Fusifilum_hei)'' <small>U.Müll.-Doblies, J.S.Tang & D.Müll.-Doblies</small>
*''[Fusifilum magicum](/source/Fusifilum_magicum)'' <small>U.Müll.-Doblies, J.S.Tang & D.Müll.-Doblies</small>
*''[Fusifilum minus](/source/Fusifilum_minus)'' <small>(A.V.Duthie) Speta</small>
*''[Fusifilum oliverorum](/source/Fusifilum_oliverorum)'' <small>U.Müll.-Doblies, J.S.Tang & D.Müll.-Doblies</small>
*''[Fusifilum papillosum](/source/Fusifilum_papillosum)'' <small>U.Müll.-Doblies, J.S.Tang & D.Müll.-Doblies</small>
*''[Fusifilum physodes](/source/Fusifilum_physodes)'' <small>(Jacq.) Raf. ex Speta</small>
*''[Fusifilum spirale](/source/Fusifilum_spirale)'' <small>U.Müll.-Doblies, J.S.Tang & D.Müll.-Doblies</small>
*''[Fusifilum stoloniferum](/source/Fusifilum_stoloniferum)'' <small>U.Müll.-Doblies, J.S.Tang & D.Müll.-Doblies</small>
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==References==
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Category:Asparagaceae genera
Category:Scilloideae
Category:Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque

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