Babiana

Taxobox
name = "Babiana"

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = "B. sambucina"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Asparagales
familia = Iridaceae
subfamilia = Ixioideae
tribus = Ixieae
genus = "Babiana"
genus_authority = Ker Gawl. ex Sims
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Babiana" Ker Gawler is a genus of flowering plants in the Family Iridaceae comprised of about 80 species. Most of these species (about 49) are found in the southwestern Cape of Africa, with the remainder distributed in Namaqualand and Northern Cape Province. The native range of the genus is from southern Namibia to the Eastern Cape to southern Zimbabwe, with one species from Socotra off the coast of Somalia (although this may not be a species of "Babiana").

elected Species

* "Babiana ambigua" - Common Baboon-root
* "Babiana angustifolia"
* "Babiana curviscapa"
* "Babiana disticha"
* "Babiana flabellifolia"
* "Babiana fourcadei"
* "Babiana framesii"
* "Babiana longicollis"
* "Babiana montana"
* "Babiana nana" - Sandflat Baboon-root
* "Babiana patersoniae"
* "Babiana patula"
* "Babiana plicata"
* "Babiana purpurea"
* "Babiana pygmaea" - Yellow Baboon-root
* "Babiana ringens" - Rat's-tail
* "Babiana rubrocyanea"
* "Babiana stricta" - common Babiana, Baboon flower
* "Babiana socotrana"
* "Babiana truncata"
* "Babiana tubulosa" - White Baboon-root
* "Babiana vanzylieae"
* "Babiana villosa"