Babiana
| Babiana | |
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| Babiana sambucina | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Iridaceae |
| Subfamily: | Crocoideae |
| Tribe: | Croceae |
| Genus: | Babiana Ker Gawl. |
| Type species | |
| Babiana plicata Ker Gawler
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Babiana /ˌbæbiˈænə/[2] is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae composed of about 80 recognized species. The majority of these species are endemic to the Cape Provinces of South Africa, especially Namaqualand, as well Namibia, Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[1][3]
The genus name is derived from the Dutch word baviaan, referring to the Chacma baboon, Papio ursinus, that consumes the corms of plants in the genus.[4]
One species, Babiana stricta, is widely cultivated as an ornamental.[2]
Species[]
- Babiana ambigua (Roem. & Schult.) G.J.Lewis - common baboon-root
- Babiana angustifolia Sweet
- Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- G.J.Lewis
- G.J.Lewis
- Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Baker
- (L.Bolus) G.J.Lewis
- (Baker) G.J.Lewis
- J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
- G.J.Lewis
- J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
- (G.J.Lewis) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- G.J.Lewis
- J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
- G.J.Lewis
- Baker
- Klatt
- J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
- (Klatt) Baker
- Harv. ex Klatt
- G.J.Lewis
- G.J.Lewis
- (Jacq.) Steud.
- L.Bolus
- Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- G.J.Lewis
- Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- (Lam.) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- G.J.Lewis
- Burch.
- Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- L.Bolus
- G.J.Lewis
- B.Nord.
- Klatt
- G.J.Lewis
- Babiana longicollis Dinter
- Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- G.J.Lewis
- Baker
- G.J.Lewis
- (Jacq.) Ker Gawl. (G.J.Lewis) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- (Jacq.) Ker Gawl.
- Baker
- Babiana nana - sandflat baboon-root
- J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
- L.Bolus
- Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- L.Bolus
- N.E.Br.
- G.J.Lewis
- Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- G.J.Lewis
- (G.J.Lewis) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- (Lam.) G.J.Lewis
- Ker Gawl.
- (Burm.f.) Baker - yellow baboon-root
- Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- (G.J.Lewis) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Babiana ringens - rat's-tail
- Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- (Jacq.) Ker Gawl.
- G.J.Lewis
- (Jacq.) Ker Gawl. (G.J.Lewis) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- (Jacq.) Ker Gawl.
- Brehmer ex Klatt
- G.J.Lewis
- (Thunb.) Ker Gawl.
- G.J.Lewis
- (L.f.) Ker Gawl.
- Baker
- Schltr.
- (Jacq.) G.J.Lewis
- Babiana stricta (Aiton) Ker Gawl. - common babiana, baboon flower
- Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
- Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- G.J.Lewis
- J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
- G.J.Lewis
- Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Ker Gawl.
- (Burm.f.) Ker Gawl. - White baboon-root
- G.J.Lewis
- L.Bolus
- (Aiton) Ker Gawl.
- (J.F.Gmel.) Ker Gawl. ex Steud.
- Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Goldblatt
- formerly included[1]
- Babiana socotrana = Cyanixia socotrana, from Socotra Islands in Yemen
References[]
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ a b Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607
- ^ Goldblatt, P. & Manning, J.C. (2007). A revision of the southern African genus Babiana, Iridaceae: Crocoideae. Strelitzia 18: 1-98. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- ^ Manning, John; Goldblatt, Peter (2008). The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. pp. 175–78. ISBN 0-88192-897-6.
External links[]
- Dressler, S.; Schmidt, M. & Zizka, G. (2014). "Babiana". African plants – a Photo Guide. Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.
Categories:
- Babiana
- Iridaceae genera
- Flora of Southern Africa
- Flora of South Tropical Africa