Geissorhiza | |
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Geissorhiza radians | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
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 | |
See text | |
Synonyms [1] | |
AnomazaLaws. 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 the Cape Province of western South Africa. The genus name is derived from the Greek words geisson, meaning "tile", and rhizon, meaning "root". [2]
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