Nivenia

Nivenia
Nivenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Subfamily: Nivenioideae
Genus: Nivenia
Ventenat
Type species
Nivenia corymbosa
(Ker Gawler) Baker
Species

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Nivenia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae. Species in the genus are restricted in distribution to an area in the Cape region of South Africa. The genus name is a tribute to the Scottish botanist James Niven, one of the first to collect the genus.[1]

Species

  • Nivenia argentea
  • Nivenia binata
  • Nivenia capitata
  • Nivenia corymboa
  • Nivenia dispar
  • Nivenia inaequalis[2]
  • Nivenia stenosiphon

References

  1. ^ Manning, John; Goldblatt, Peter (2008). The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. pp. 105–108. ISBN 0-88192-897-6. 
  2. ^ Manning JC, Goldblatt P. (2007). "Nivenia argentea misunderstood, and the new species Nivenia inaequalis (Nivenioideae)". Bothalia 37 (2): 192–96. 


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