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Nivenioideae
Nivenioideae is a subfamily of flowering plants and one of the six subfamilies in the family Iridaceae Iridaceae () is a family of plants in order Asparagales, taking its name from the Iris (plant), irises. It has a nearly global distribution, with 69 accepted genera with a total of about 2500 species. It includes a number of economically importan .... It contains three genera, from South Africa which are the only true shrubs in the family ('' Klattia'', '' Nivenia'' and '' Witsenia''), It previously included '' Aristea'', '' Patersonia'' and also '' Geosiris'', which are now each placed in their own monotypic subfamily. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q6043444 Iridaceae Asparagales subfamilies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iridaceae
Iridaceae () is a family of plants in order Asparagales, taking its name from the Iris (plant), irises. It has a nearly global distribution, with 69 accepted genera with a total of about 2500 species. It includes a number of economically important cultivated plants, such as species of ''Freesia'', ''Gladiolus'', and ''Crocus'', as well as the crop saffron. Members of this family are perennial plants, with a bulb, corm or rhizome. The plants grow erect, and have leaves that are generally grass-like, with a sharp central fold. Some examples of members of this family are the blue flag and yellow flag. Etymology The family name comes from the genus ''Iris (plant), Iris'', the family's largest and best-known genus in Europe. This genus dates from 1753, when it was coined by Swedish botanist, Carl Linnaeus. Its name derives from the Greek goddess, Iris, who carried messages from Mount Olympus, Olympus to earth along a rainbow, whose colors were seen by Linnaeus in the multi-hued petal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. The genus name is a tribute to the Scottish botanist James Niven (1774-1826), one of the first to collect the genus. ; Species * ''Nivenia argentea ''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. The genus name is a tribute to the Scotti ...'' 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 * '' Nivenia levynsiae'' Weim. * '' Nivenia parviflora'' Goldblatt * '' Nivenia stenosiphon'' Goldbl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aristea
''Aristea'' is a genus of evergreen, perennial and rhizomatous species of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, first described in 1789. The genus is distributed in tropical and southern Africa, as well as Madagascar. The genus name is derived from the Greek word ''arista'', meaning "awn". ; SpeciesThe Plant List (2010). Version 1. Published on the Internet(accessed September 2013) * '' Aristea abyssinica'' Pax * ''Aristea africana'' (L.) Hoffmanns. * '' Aristea alata'' Baker * '' Aristea anceps'' Eckl. ex Klatt * ''Aristea angolensis'' Baker * '' Aristea angustifolia'' Baker * '' Aristea bakeri'' Klatt * '' Aristea bequaertii'' De Wild. * ''Aristea biflora'' Weim. * ''Aristea cantharophila'' Goldblatt & J.C.Manning * ''Aristea capitata'' (L.) Ker Gawl. * ''Aristea cistiflora'' J.C.Manning & Goldblatt * ''Aristea cladocarpa'' Baker * ''Aristea compressa'' Buchinger ex Baker * ''Aristea cuspidata'' Schinz * ''Aristea dichotoma'' (Thunb.) Ker Gawl. * ''Aristea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klattia Stokoei
''Klattia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae first described as a genus in 1877. The entire genus is endemic to Cape Province in South Africa. The genus name is a tribute to the German botanist Friedrich Wilhelm Klatt, who significantly advanced the body of knowledge of the family Iridaceae in the 19th century. ; Species * '' Klattia flava'' (G.J.Lewis) Goldblatt - Grabouw * '' Klattia partita'' Baker A baker is a tradesperson who baking, bakes and sometimes Sales, sells breads and other products made of flour by using an oven or other concentrated heat source. The place where a baker works is called a bakery. History Ancient histo ... - southwestern Cape Province * '' Klattia stokoei'' L.Guthrie - Kogelberg Mountains References Iridaceae genera Endemic flora of the Cape Provinces Iridaceae Taxa named by John Gilbert Baker {{Iridaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amos Eaton
Amos Eaton (May 17, 1776 – May 10, 1842) was an American botany, botanist, geologist, and educator who is considered the founder of the modern scientific prospectus in education, which was a radical departure from the American liberal arts tradition of classics, theology, lecture, and recitation. Eaton co-founded the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Rensselaer School in 1824 with Stephen van Rensselaer, Stephen van Rensselaer III "in the application of science to the common purposes of life". His books in the eighteenth century were among the first published for which a systematic treatment of the United States was attempted, and in a language that all could read. His teaching laboratory for botany in the 1820s was the first of its kind in the country. Eaton's popular lectures and writings inspired numerous thinkers, in particular women, whom he encouraged to attend his public talks on experimental philosophy. Emma Willard would found the Emma Willard School, Troy Female Sem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klattia
''Klattia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae first described as a genus in 1877. The entire genus is endemic to Cape Province in South Africa. The genus name is a tribute to the German botanist Friedrich Wilhelm Klatt, who significantly advanced the body of knowledge of the family Iridaceae in the 19th century. ; Species * '' Klattia flava'' (G.J.Lewis) Goldblatt - Grabouw * '' Klattia partita'' Baker - southwestern Cape Province * ''Klattia stokoei ''Klattia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae first described as a genus in 1877. The entire genus is endemic to Cape Province in South Africa. The genus name is a tribute to the German botanist Friedrich Wilhelm Klatt, who s ...'' L.Guthrie - Kogelberg Mountains References Iridaceae genera Endemic flora of the Cape Provinces Iridaceae Taxa named by John Gilbert Baker {{Iridaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Witsenia
''Witsenia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, first described as a genus in 1782. There is only one known species, ''Witsenia maura'', endemic to Cape Province in western South Africa.Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. The genus name is a tribute to the botany patron Nicolaas Witsen Nicolaes Witsen (; 8 May 1641 – 10 August 1717) was a Dutch statesman who was mayor of Amsterdam thirteen times, between 1682 and 1706. In 1693, he became administrator of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). In 1689, he was extraordinary-ambas .... References Monotypic Iridaceae genera Endemic flora of the Cape Provinces Iridaceae {{Iridaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germplasm Resources Information Network
Germplasm Resources Information Network or GRIN is an online USDA National Genetic Resources Program software project to comprehensively manage the computer database for the holdings of all plant germplasm collected by the National Plant Germplasm System. GRIN has extended its role to manage information on the germplasm reposits of insect (invertebrate), microbial, and animal species (see sub-projects). Description The site is a resource for identifying taxonomic information (scientific names) as well as common names on more than 500,000 accessions (distinct varieties, cultivars etc.) of plants covering 10,000 species; It gives 450,000 accessions (outdated; GRIN gives 500,000 as of June 2012). both economically important ones and wild species. It profiles plants that are invasive or noxious weeds, threatened or endangered, giving out data on worldwide distribution of its habitat; as well as passport information. GRIN also incorporates an Economic Plants Database. The netwo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patersonia
''Patersonia'', is a genus of plants whose species are commonly known as native iris or native flag and are native to areas from Malesia to Australia. Description They are perennials with basal leaves growing from a woody rhizome that in some species extends above ground to form a short trunk. The leaves are tough and fibrous, often with adaptations for conserving moisture, such as stomata sunk in grooves, a thickened cross-section, marginal hairs, and thickened margins. The flowers appear from between a pair of bracts on a leafless stem. They have three large outer tepals that are usually blue to violet, and three tiny inner tepals. There are three stamens fused at the base to form a tube around the longer style, which bears a flattened stigma.Goldblatt, P. (2011). Systematics of ''Patersonia'' (Iridaceae, Patersonioideae) in the Malesian archipelago. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 98: 514-523. Taxonomy The genus ''Patersonia'' was first formally described in 1807 by R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geosiris
''Geosiris'' is a genus in the flowering plant family Iridaceae, first described in 1894. It was thought for many years to contain only one species, '' Geosiris aphylla'', endemic to Madagascar. But then in 2010, a second species was described, '' Geosiris albiflora,'' from Mayotte Island in the Indian Ocean northwest of Madagascar. In 2017, a third species was found in Queensland, Australia, '' Geosiris australiensis''. ''Geosiris aphylla'' is sometimes called the "earth-iris." It is a small myco-heterotroph lacking chlorophyll and obtaining its nutrients from fungi in the soil. The genus name is derived from the Greek words ''geos'', meaning "earth", and ''iris'', referring to the Iris family of plants. Its rhizomes are slender and scaly, and stems are simple or branched. The leaves are alternate, but having no use, are reduced and scale-like. The flowers are light purple. In 1939, F. P. Jonker assigned ''Geosiris'' to its own family Geosiridaceae in Orchidales, and this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
