Geissorhiza

Geissorhiza

Geissorhiza radians
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Iridaceae
Subfamily:	Ixioideae
Tribe:	Ixieae
Genus:	Geissorhiza
Type species
Geissorhiza obtusata Ker Gawl.
Species
See text
Synonyms^[1].
Anomaza Laws. ex Salisb. Engysiphon G.J.Lewis Rochea Salisb. Sphaerospora Klatt Weihea Eckl.

Geissorhiza is a genus of about 80 species of flowering plants in the iris family which originate from South Africa. The genus name is derived from the Greek words geisson, meaning "tile", and rhizon, meaning "root".^[2]

Here are some of them:

Geissorhiza aspera
Geissorhiza brehmii
Geissorhiza confusa
Geissorhiza corrugata
Geissorhiza darlingensis
Geissorhiza exscapa
Geissorhiza eurystigma
Geissorhiza geminata
Geissorhiza hesperanthoides
Geissorhiza heterostyla
Geissorhiza imbricata
Geissorhiza inaequalis
Geissorhiza inflexa
Geissorhiza leopoldtii
Geissorhiza mathewsii
Geissorhiza monanthos
Geissorhiza ornithogaloides
Geissorhiza ovata
Geissorhiza purpureolutea
Geissorhiza radians
Geissorhiza schinzii
Geissorhiza splendidissima
Geissorhiza tulbaghensis

References

^ World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
^ Manning, John; Goldblatt, Peter (2008). The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. pp. 169–72. ISBN 0-88192-897-6.