Drimia
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Drimia is a genus of flowering plant
s. In the APG III classification system
, it is placed in the family
Asparagaceae
, subfamily Scilloideae (formerly the family Hyacinthaceae). The genus includes Urginea.
One of the best-known species is the sea squill, Drimia maritima (formerly Urginea maritima).
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s. In the APG III classification system
APG III system
The APG III system of flowering plant classification is the third version of a modern, mostly molecular-based, system of plant taxonomy...
, it is placed in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Asparagaceae
Asparagaceae
Asparagaceae is the botanical name of a family of flowering plants, placed in the order Asparagales of the monocots.In earlier classification systems, the species involved were often treated as belonging to the family Liliaceae...
, subfamily Scilloideae (formerly the family Hyacinthaceae). The genus includes Urginea.
One of the best-known species is the sea squill, Drimia maritima (formerly Urginea maritima).