Biology:Geissorhiza
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
| Geissorhiza | |
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| Geissorhiza radians | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Iridaceae |
| Subfamily: | Crocoideae |
| Tribe: | Croceae |
| Genus: | Geissorhiza Ker Gawl. |
| Type species | |
| Geissorhiza obtusata Ker Gawl.
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| Species | |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Anomaza Laws. ex Salisb. | |
Geissorhiza is a genus with 103 species described to date of deciduous perennial flowering plants in the family Iridaceae 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]
Selected species:
- 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 melanthera
- 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 978-0-88192-897-6.
Wikidata ☰ Q148076 entry
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