See text Strumariinae is one of four subtribes within the tribe Amaryllideae (subfamily Amaryllidoideae, family Amaryllidaceae), found in southern Africa.

The flowers may be zygomorphic or actinomorphic, and may or may not have a perigone tube.

The stamens are connate (fused) into a tube at their proximal end.

The fruit is dehiscent with seeds that have a well-developed integument that is chlorophyllous with a stomatose testa.

[2] Strumariinae are placed within Amaryllideae as follow: These are phylogenetically related as follows: Subtribe Amaryllidinae Subtribe Boophoninae Subtribe Strumariinae Subtribe Crininae Strumariinae consists of six genera, related as follows, with number of species in each genus in (parentheses):[2] Nerine (~23) Brunsvigia (~23) Namaquanula (2) Hessea (13) Strumaria (24) Crossyne (2)