Nivenia

Nivenia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae first described as a genus in 1808. Species in the genus are restricted in distribution to an area in the Cape Province of South Africa.[1]

Nivenia
Nivenia corymbosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Subfamily: Nivenioideae
Genus: Nivenia
Ventenat
Type species
Nivenia corymbosa
(Ker Gawler) Baker
Synonyms[1]
  • Genlisia Rchb.

The genus name is a tribute to the Scottish botanist James Niven (1774-1826), one of the first to collect the genus.[2]

Species[1]
  • Nivenia argentea Goldblatt
  • Nivenia binata Klatt
  • Nivenia concinna N.E.Br - Viljoens Pass
  • Nivenia corymbosa (Ker Gawl.) Baker
  • Nivenia dispar N.E.Br - Olifantskloof
  • Nivenia fruticosa (L.f.) Baker - Langeberg Mountains
  • Nivenia inaequalis Goldblatt & J.C.Manning[3]
  • Nivenia levynsiae Weim.
  • Nivenia parviflora Goldblatt
  • Nivenia stenosiphon Goldblatt
  • Nivenia stokoei (L.Guthrie) N.E.Br. - Caledon

References

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


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