{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Use dmy dates|cs1-dates=ly|date=April 2022}} {{Speciesbox |image = Strumaria discifera ssp.bulbifera Kew 1.jpg |image_caption = ''Strumaria discifera'' subsp. ''bulbifera'' |genus = Strumaria |species = discifera |authority = Marloth ex Snijman<ref name=POWO_961500-1/> |synonyms = {{Species list |Gemmaria discifera|(Marloth ex Snijman) D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies }} |synonyms_ref = <ref name=POWO_961500-1/> }}
'''''Strumaria discifera''''' is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae, native to west and south-west Cape Provinces.<ref name=POWO_961500-1/> It was first described in 1992.<ref name=IPNI_961500-1/>
==Description== ''Strumaria discifera'' is similar to ''Strumaria chaplinii'', i.e. a relatively small plant for the genus ''Strumaria'' with star-shaped white flowers on umbels. It can be distinguished by its tepals, which are channelled rather than flat. Like almost all species in the genus, it flowers with the autumn rains.<ref name=Gros14/> thumb|250px|''Strumaria discifera'' ssp. ''bulbifera'' - single flower, greatly magnified
==Taxonomy== ''Strumaria discifera'' was first described in 1992 by Dierdré A. Snijman who attributed the name to the earlier South African botanist, Rudolf Marloth.<ref name=IPNI_961500-1/> Two subspecies are accepted {{As of|2022|April|lc=yes}}:<ref name=POWO_961500-1/> *''Strumaria discifera'' subsp. ''bulbifera'' <small>Snijman</small> *''Strumaria discifera'' subsp. ''discifera'' ''S. discifera'' subsp. ''bulbifera'' forms large clumps of bulbs; ''S. discifera'' subsp. ''discifera'' is solitary.<ref name=Gros14/>
==Distribution and habitat== ''Strumaria discifera'' is native to the west and south-west Cape Provinces of South Africa.<ref name=POWO_961500-1/> Species of ''Strumaria'' grow in areas that are seasonally moist.<ref name=Gros14/>
==References== <references>
<ref name=Gros14>{{citation |mode=cs2 |last=Grossi |first=Alberto |date=2014 |title=''Strumaria'' in cultivation |journal=The Plantsman |series=(New Series) |volume=13 |issue=4 |pages=222–225 }}</ref>
<ref name=IPNI_961500-1>{{citation |title=''Strumaria discifera'' Marloth ex Snijman|work=The International Plant Names Index |url=http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=961500-1 |accessdate=2022-04-04}}</ref>
<ref name=POWO_961500-1>{{citation |title=''Strumaria discifera'' Marloth ex Snijman |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:961500-1 |accessdate=2022-04-04}}</ref>
</references>
{{taxonbar|from1=Q15505106}}
discifera Category:Endemic flora of the Cape Provinces Category:Plants described in 1992
{{Amaryllidaceae-stub}}