Thereianthus

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Thereianthus
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Thereianthus spicatus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Subfamily: Crocoideae
Tribe: Watsonieae
Genus: Thereianthus
G.L. Lewis
Type species
Thereianthus spicatus
(L.) G.J. Lewis

Thereianthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, first described as a genus in 1941. The entire genus is endemic to Cape Province in South Africa.[1][2][3]

The genus name is derived from the Greek words thereios, meaning "summer", and anthos, meaning "flower".[4]

Species[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  3. ^ Manning, J.C. & Goldblatt, P. (2011). Taxonomic revision of the genus Thereianthus (Iridaceae: Crocoideae). Bothalia 41: 239-267.
  4. ^ Manning, John; Goldblatt, Peter (2008). The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. pp. 130–33. ISBN 0-88192-897-6.


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