Massonia visseriae (P.E.Barnes) Mart.-Azorín, M.Pinter, M.B.Crespo, M.Á.Alonso & Wetschnig (2018:71)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Neobakeria visserae P.E.Barnes in J. Bot. 71: 72 (1933); Massonia visserae (P.E.Barnes) Mart.-Azorín, M.Pinter, M.B.Crespo, M.Á.Alonso & Wetschnig in Phytotaxa 334: 71 (2018) [orth. var.]
Listed as a synonym of M. echinata by The Plant List. Listed as a synonym of M. dregei by (POWO, 2025).
Conservation Status
Rediscovered (Martínez-Azorín et al., 2018)
Distribution & Habitat
Cape Province, South Africa
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Barnes, P. E. (1933). Novitates africanae. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign. London 71: 69-73.
Other references:
Jessop, J. P. (1976). Studies in the Bulbous Liliaceae in South Africa: 6. The Taxonomy of Massonia and allied Genera. Journal of South African Botany 42: 401-437.
Martínez-Azorín, Mario et al. (2018). Massonia visseriae (Asparagaceae, Scilloideae): rediscovery of a neglected species of Neobakeria and its transfer to Massonia. Phytotaxa 334(1): 70-74. [Abstract]
POWO. (2025). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 24 July 2025]