Wurmbea

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title: "Wurmbea" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["wurmbea", "colchicaceae-genera", "taxa-named-by-carl-peter-thunberg"] description: "Genus of flowering plants" topic_path: "general/wurmbea" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wurmbea" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of flowering plants ::

|image = Wurmbea dioica.jpg |image_caption = Wurmbea dioica in Paddys Ranges State Park, Australia |taxon = Wurmbea |authority = Thunb. |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = See text |synonyms =

• Anguillaria R.Br.
• Anguillaraea T.Post & Kuntze
• Dipidax Lawson ex Salisb
• Neodregea C.H.Wright
• Onixotis Raf.
• Skizima Raf. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Wurmbea_inusta_flower..JPG" caption="''[[Wurmbea inusta]]'', a species from South Africa"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Wurmbea_Cedarberg_South_Africa.jpg" caption="This specimen might be ''Wurmbea spicata'', Cedarberg South Africa"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/Wurmbea_stricta_0153.jpg" caption="''Wurmbea stricta''. This species used to be classified first in the genus ''Dipidax'', then in ''Onixotis''. This specimen photographed near Hermon in the [[Western Cape]], but the species occurs widely in seasonally wet regions in [[fynbos]]."] ::

Wurmbea is a genus of perennial herbs in the family Colchicaceae, native to Africa and Australasia. There are about 50 species, with about half endemic to each continent.

African species accepted are:

• Wurmbea angustifolia B.Nord. – E. Zimbabwe to S. Africa
• Wurmbea burrowsii Oosth. & K.Balkwill – Mpumalanga
• Wurmbea burttii B.Nord. – Lesotho to KwaZulu-Natal
• Wurmbea capensis Thunb. – S.W. Cape Province
• Wurmbea compacta B.Nord. – S.W. Cape Province
• Wurmbea dolichantha B.Nord. – W. Cape Province
• Wurmbea elatior B.Nord. – S. Africa
• Wurmbea elongata B.Nord. – S.W. Cape Province
• Wurmbea glassii (C.H.Wright) J.C.Manning & Vinn. – S. Cape Province
• Wurmbea hiemalis B.Nord. – S.W. Cape Province
• Wurmbea inusta (Baker) B.Nord. – S.W. Cape Province
• Wurmbea kraussii Baker – S. Africa
• Wurmbea marginata (Desr.) B.Nord. – S.W. Cape Province
• Wurmbea minima B.Nord. – S.W. Cape Province
• Wurmbea monopetala (L.f.) B.Nord. – S.W. Cape Province
• Wurmbea punctata (L.) J.C.Manning & Vinn. – S.W. Cape Province
• Wurmbea pusilla E.Phillips – Lesotho to KwaZulu-Natal
• Wurmbea recurva B.Nord. – S.W. Cape Province
• Wurmbea robusta B.Nord. – S.W. Cape Province
• Wurmbea spicata (Burm.f.) T.Durand & Schinz – Cape Province
• Wurmbea stricta (Burm.f.) J.C.Manning & Vinn. – Cape Province
• Wurmbea tenuis (Hook.f.) Baker – Tropical & S. Africa
• Wurmbea variabilis B.Nord. – Cape Province
• Wurmbea viridiflora Oosth. & K.Balkwill – Mpumalanga

Australasian species accepted are:

• Wurmbea australis (R.J.Bates) R.J.Bates – South Australia
• Wurmbea biglandulosa (R.Br.) T.D.Macfarl. – S.E. Queensland to SE. Australia
• Wurmbea calcicola T.D.Macfarl. – S.W. Australia
• Wurmbea centralis T.D.Macfarl. – Central & S. Australia
• Wurmbea cernua T.D.Macfarl. – S. Western Australia
• Wurmbea citrina (R.J.Bates) R.J.Bates – S.E. Australia
• Wurmbea decumbens R.J.Bates – South Australia (Eyre Peninsula)
• Wurmbea densiflora (Benth.) T.D.Macfarl. – Western Australia
• Wurmbea deserticola T.D.Macfarl. – W. & Central Australia
• Wurmbea dilatata T.D.Macfarl. – W. Western Australia
• Wurmbea dioica (R.Br.) F.Muell. – S.W. & S.E. Australia
• Wurmbea drummondii Benth. – S.W. Australia
• Wurmbea flavanthera T.D.Macfarl., A.P.Br. & C.J.French – C.W. Western Australia
• Wurmbea fluviatilis T.D.Macfarl. & A.L.Case – N.W. Western Australia
• Wurmbea graniticola T.D.Macfarl. – S.W. Australia
• Wurmbea inflata T.D.Macfarl. & A.L.Case – W. Central Western Australia
• Wurmbea inframediana T.D.Macfarl. – W. Western Australia
• Wurmbea latifolia T.D.Macfarl. – S.E. Australia
• Wurmbea monantha (Endl.) T.D.Macfarl. – W. & S.W. Western Australia
• Wurmbea murchisoniana T.D.Macfarl. – W. Western Australia
• Wurmbea novae-zelandiae (Hook.f. ex Kirk) Lekhak, Survesw. & S.R.Yadav – New Zealand (S. Canterbury to N. Otago)
• Wurmbea nilpinna R.J.Bates – South Australia
• Wurmbea odorata T.D.Macfarl. – W. Western Australia
• Wurmbea pygmaea (Endl.) Benth. – WS.W. Western Australia
• Wurmbea saccata T.D.Macfarl. & S.J.van Leeuwen – N.W. Western Australia
• Wurmbea sinora T.D.Macfarl. – S.W. & S. Western Australia
• Wurmbea stellata R.J.Bates – South Australia
• Wurmbea tenella (Endl.) Benth. – Western Australia
• Wurmbea tubulosa Benth. – WS.W. Western Australia
• Wurmbea uniflora (R.Br.) T.D.Macfarl. – S.E. Australia

References

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References

1. "Wurmbea Thunb. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science".
2. "''Wurmbea''". African flowering plants database.

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