Geissorhiza
| 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 | |
| Species | |
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See text | |
| 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]
Here are some of them:
- Geissorhiza aspera
- Geissorhiza melanthera
- Geissorhiza monanthos
- Geissorhiza ovata
- Geissorhiza radians
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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- Geissorhiza
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