Drimia

Drimia
	Drimia maritima growing in the Sierra Madrona, Spain.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Asparagaceae
Subfamily:	Scilloideae
Genus:	Drimia; Jacq. ex Willd.
Synonyms
	Adenotheca Welw. ex Baker ; Boosia Speta ; Charybdis Speta ; Duthiea Speta ; Ebertia Speta ; Geschollia Speta ; Idothea Kunth ; Idothearia C.Presl ; Indurgia Speta ; Ledurgia Speta ; Litanthus Harv. ; Mucinaea M.Pinter ; Pilasia Raf. ; Rhadamanthopsis (Oberm.) Speta ; Rhadamanthus Salisb. ; Rhodocodon Baker ; Sagittanthera Mart.-Azorín ; Schizobasis Baker ; Sekanama Speta ; Squilla Steinh. ; Strepsiphyla Raf. ; Sypharissa Salisb. ; Tenicroa Raf. ; Thuranthos C.H.Wright ; Urginavia Speta ; Urginea Steinh. ; Urgineopsis Compton ;

Drimia is a genus of African, south European and south Asian flowering plants. In the APG IV classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae (formerly the family Hyacinthaceae). When broadly circumscribed, the genus includes a number of other genera previously treated separately, including Litanthus, Rhodocodon, Schizobasis and Urginea.

One of the best-known species is the sea squill, Drimia maritima (formerly Urginea maritima). Drimia intricata (formerly Schizobasis intricata) is sometimes cultivated as a bulbous or succulent plant.

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