Hensmania | |
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Hensmania turbinata | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Asphodelaceae |
Subfamily: | Hemerocallidoideae |
Genus: | Hensmania W.Fitzg. |
Synonyms[1] | |
Chamaecrinum Diels |
Hensmania is a genus of herbs in the family Asphodelaceae,[2] first described as a genus in 1903 by William Vincent Fitzgerald.[3][4] The entire genus is endemic to the State of Western Australia.[1]
Species in this genus are tufted herbs where the major photosynthesis occurs in the stems.[5]