Aristea

Aristea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Iridaceae
Subfamily:	Aristeoideae; Vines
Genus:	Aristea; Sol.
Type species
	Aristea africana; (L.) Hofmannsegg
Synonyms
	Cleanthe Salisb. ex Benth. & Hook.f.; Ixia L., rejected name; Sisyrinchium Eckl. 1827 not L. 1753 nor Mill. 1754;

Aristea spiralis

Aristea is a genus of evergreen, perennial and rhizomatous species of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, first described in 1789. The genus is distributed in tropical and southern Africa, as well as Madagascar.^[1] The genus name is derived from the Greek word arista, meaning "awn".^[2]

Species^[1]^[3]

Pax
(L.) Hoffmanns.
Baker
Eckl. ex Klatt
Baker
Baker
Aristea bakeri Klatt
De Wild.
Weim.
Aristea cantharophila Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
(L.) Ker Gawl.
J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
Baker
Buchinger ex Baker
Schinz
(Thunb.) Ker Gawl.
A.Chev. ex Hutch.
Aristea ecklonii Baker
Goldblatt & A.P.Dold
J.Muir
Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
Baker
N.E.Br. ex Weim.
Klatt
Harms
Weim.
H.Perrier
Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
Eckl. ex Baker
Baker
G.J.Lewis
(L.f.) Steud.
Baker
Baker
Goldblatt
Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
Baker
Baker
Schltr.
Baker
Wolley-Dod
Baker
Harms
(Thunb.) Ker Gawl.
Baker
Goldblatt
Weim.
G.J.Lewis
Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
Harv. ex Baker
Weim.
Weim.
(L.f.) Ker Gawl.
Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
Klatt
Baker

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ Manning, John; Goldblatt, Peter (2008). The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. pp. 98–104. ISBN 0-88192-897-6.
^ The Plant List (2010). Version 1. Published on the Internet; [1] (accessed September 2013)

Further reading[]

Goldblatt, P. 1995. Notes on Aristea Aiton (Iridaceae: Nivenioideae): Taxonomy, Chromosome Cytology, and Phylogeny. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, Vol. 82, No. 1 (1995), pp. 139–145
Goldblatt, P., Dold, A. P., Manning, J. C. 2005. Three cryptic new species of Aristea (Iridaceae) from southern Africa.. Bothalia 4:121-128.
Goldblatt, P. John C. Manning and Roy E. Gereau. 2002. Nomenclatural Clarification in Aristea Section Racemosae (Iridaceae) in the Cape Flora of South Africa Novon, Vol. 12, No. 2 (Summer, 2002), pp. 190–195
W. Marais. 1987. Notes on Aristea (Iridaceae) in East Africa. Kew Bulletin, Vol. 42, No. 4, p. 932

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[g-1] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

[Goldblatt2008-2] Manning, John; Goldblatt, Peter (2008). The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. pp. 98–104. ISBN 0-88192-897-6.

[TPL-3] The Plant List (2010). Version 1. Published on the Internet; [1] (accessed September 2013)

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