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small genus of cormous perennials of Mexico; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae
Synonym: genus Bessera
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Themidaceae |
| Genus: | Bessera Schult.f. |
Bessera is a genus of plants in the Themidaceae family Also placed in: Alliaceae or Liliaceae.
A small genus of mostly herbaceous flowering plants with corms, they are perennials native to Mexico; They have flowers with petals and petaloid sepals (tepals) with compound pistils.
Bessera elegans called coral drops is cultivated and is a half-hardy Mexican herbaceous plant growing from corms with drooping terminal umbels of showy red-and-white colored flowers.
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