Geissorhiza
| Geissorhiza | |
|---|---|
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| 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 | |
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See text | |
| Synonyms.[1] | |
|
Anomaza Laws. ex Salisb. | |
Geissorhiza is a genus of about 80 species of deciduous perennial flowering plants in the iris family first described as a genus in 1803. The entire genus is endemic to Cape Province of western 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.
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