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''Ixia'' is a genus of cormous plants native to South Africa from the family Iridaceae. Some of them are known as the corn lily. Some distinctive traits include sword-like leaves and long wiry stems with star-shaped flowers. It usually prefers well-drained soil. The popular corn lily has specific, not very intense fragrance. It is often visited by many insects such as bees. The ''Ixia'' are also used sometimes as ornamental plants.

The genus name is derived from the Ancient Greek ἰξία (ixia) ( = χαμαιλέων λευκός, (chamaeleon leukos)), the pine thistle, ''Carlina, Carlina gummifera'', an unrelated plant in the daisy family, Asteraceae.

Species

The genus ''Ixia'' includes the following species:

*''Ixia abbreviata'' Houtt.
*''Ixia acaulis'' Goldblatt & J.C. Manning
*''Ixia alata'' Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
*''Ixia alticola'' Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
*''Ixia altissima'' Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
*''Ixia angelae'' Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
*''Ixia atrandra'' Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
*''Ixia aurea'' J.C. Manning & Goldblatt
*''Ixia bellendenii'' R.C.Foster
*''Ixia bifolia'' J.C. Manning & Goldblatt
*''Ixia brevituba'' G.J. Lewis
*''Ixia brunneobractea'' G.J. Lewis
*''Ixia campanulata'' Houtt.
*''Ixia capillaris'' L. f.
*''Ixia cochlearis'' G.J. Lewis
*''Ixia collina'' Goldbl. & Snijman
*''Ixia curta'' Andr
*''Ixia curvata'' G.J. Lewis
*''Ixia dubia'' Vent.
*''Ixia erubescens'' Goldbl.
*''Ixia esterhuyseniae'' Miriam Phoebe de Vos, M.P.de Vos
*''Ixia flexuosa'' L.
*''Ixia frederickii'' M.P.de Vos
*''Ixia fucata''
**''Ixia fucata'' Ker-Gawl, var. ''filifolia'' G.J. Lewis
**''Ixia fucata'' Ker-Gawl. var. ''fucata''
*''Ixia gloriosa'' G.J Lewis
*''Ixia latifolia''
**''Ixia latifolia'' Delaroche var. ''angustifolia'' G.J. Lewis
**''Ixia latifolia'' Delaroche var. ''curviramosa'' G.J. Lewis
**''Ixia latifolia'' Delaroche var. ''latifolia''
**''Ixia latifolia'' Delaroche var. ''parviflora'' G.J. Lewis
**''Ixia latifolia'' Delaroche var. ''ramulosa'' G.J. Lewis
*''Ixia leipoldtii'' G.J. Lewis
*''Ixia leucantha'' Jacq.
*''Ixia longituba'' N.E.Br.
**''Ixia longituba'' N. E. Br. var. ''bellendenii'' R.C. Foster
**''Ixia longituba'' N. E. Br. var. ''longituba''
*''Ixia lutea'' Eckl. var. ''lutea''
*''Ixia lutea'' Eckl. var. ''ovata'' (Andr.) B. Nord
*''Ixia maculata''
**''Ixia maculata'' L. var. ''fusco-citrina'' (Desf.ex DC) G.J. Lewis
**''Ixia maculata'' L. var. ''intermedia'' G.J. Lewis
**''Ixia maculata'' L. var. ''maculata''
*''Ixia marginifolia'' (Salisb) G.J Lewis
*''Ixia metelerkampiae'' L. Bol.
*''Ixia micranda''
**''Ixia micranda'' Bak. var. ''confusa'' G.J Lewis
**''Ixia micranda'' Bak. var. ''micranda''
**''Ixia micranda'' Bak. var. ''minor'' G.J Lewis
*''Ixia monadelpha'' Delaroche
*''Ixia mostertii'' Miriam Phoebe de Vos, M.P.de Vos
*''Ixia odorata'' Ker-Gawl var. ''hesperanthoides'' G.J Lewis
*''Ixia odorata'' Ker-Gawl var. ''odorata''
*''Ixia orientalis'' L.Bol.
*''Ixia paniculata'' Delaroche
*''Ixia patens''
**''Ixia patens'' Ait. var. ''linearifolia'' G.J Lewis
**''Ixia patens'' Ait var. ''patens''
*''Ixia pauciflora'' G.J Lewis
*''Ixia polystachya''
**''Ixia polystachya'' L. var. ''crassifolia'' G.J Lewis
**''Ixia polystachya'' L. var. ''lutea'' (Ker-Gawl) G.J Lewis
**''Ixia polystachya'' M.P.de Vos var. ''longistylus'' var. ''nova''
**''Ixia polystachya'' L. var. ''polystachya''
*''Ixia pumilio'' Goldbl. & Snijman
*''Ixia purpureorosea'' G.J Lewis
*''Ixia rapunculoides''
**''Ixia rapunculoides'' Del. var. ''flaccida'' G.J Lewis
**''Ixia rapuncuolides'' Del. var. ''namaquana'' (L.Bol.) G.J Lewis
**''Ixia rapunculoides'' Del. var. ''rapunculoides''
**''Ixia rapunculoides'' Del. var. ''rigida'' G.J Lewis
**''Ixia rapunculoides'' Del. var. ''robusta'' G.J Lewis
**''Ixia rapunculoides'' Del. var ''subpendula'' G.J. Lewis
*''Ixia rouxii'' G.J Lewis
*''Ixia scillaris'' L. var.'' scillaris''
*''Ixia scillaris'' L. var. ''subundulata'' G.J Lewis
*''Ixia splendida'' G.J. Lewis
*''Ixia stohriae'' L. Bol.
*''Ixia stolonifera'' G.J Lewis
*''Ixia stricta'' (Eckl. ex Klatt) G.J Lewis
*''Ixia tenuifolia'' Vahl.
*''Ixia thomasiae'' Goldblo.
*''Ixia trifolia'' G.J Lewis FP
*''Ixia trinervata'' (Bak.) G.J Lewis
*''Ixia vanzijliae'' L. Bol.
*''Ixia versicolor'' G.J Lewis
*''Ixia vinacea'' G.J Lewis
*''Ixia viridiflora'' Lam.
**''Ixia viridiflora'' Lam. var ''minor'' M.P.de Vos
**''Ixia viridiflora'' Lam. var ''viridflora'' Thunb.

See also

* List of plants known as lily

References

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q134748

Ixia,
Iridaceae genera