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.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref> The genus name is derived from the Greek word ''arista'', meaning "awn".

; SpeciesThe Plant List (2010). Version 1. Published on the Internet

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* ''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 djalonis'' A.Chev. ex Hutch.
* '' Aristea ecklonii'' Baker
* ''Aristea elliptica'' Goldblatt & A.P.Dold
* ''Aristea ensifolia'' J.Muir
* ''Aristea fimbriata'' Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
* ''Aristea flexicaulis'' Baker
* ''Aristea galpinii'' N.E.Br. ex Weim.
* ''Aristea glauca'' Klatt
* ''Aristea goetzei'' Harms
* '' Aristea grandis'' Weim.
* ''Aristea humbertii'' H.Perrier
* ''Aristea inaequalis'' Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
* ''Aristea juncifolia'' Eckl. ex Baker
* ''Aristea kitchingii'' Baker
* ''Aristea latifolia'' G.J.Lewis
* ''Aristea lugens'' (L.f.) Steud.
* ''Aristea madagascariensis'' Baker
* ''Aristea montana'' Baker
* ''Aristea monticola'' Goldblatt
* ''Aristea nana'' Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
* ''Aristea nigrescens'' J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
* ''Aristea nyikensis'' Baker
* ''Aristea oligocephala'' Baker
* ''Aristea palustris'' Schltr.
* ''Aristea parviflora'' Baker
* ''Aristea pauciflora'' Wolley-Dod
* ''Aristea platycaulis'' Baker
* ''Aristea polycephala'' Harms
* ''Aristea pusilla'' (Thunb.) Ker Gawl.
* ''Aristea racemosa'' Baker
* '' Aristea ranomafana'' Goldblatt
* ''Aristea recisa'' Weim.
* ''Aristea rigidifolia'' G.J.Lewis
* ''Aristea rupicola'' Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
* ''Aristea schizolaena'' Harv. ex Baker
* ''Aristea simplex'' Weim.
* ''Aristea singularis'' Weim.
* ''Aristea spiralis'' (L.f.) Ker Gawl.
* ''Aristea teretifolia'' Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
* ''Aristea torulosa'' Klatt
* ''Aristea zeyheri'' Baker

References

Further reading

* Goldblatt, P. 1995
Notes on ''Aristea'' Aiton (Iridaceae: Nivenioideae): Taxonomy, Chromosome Cytology, and Phylogeny
Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, Vol. 82, No. 1 (1995), pp. 139–145
* Goldblatt, P., Dold, A. P., Manning, J. C. 2005
Three cryptic new species of ''Aristea'' (Iridaceae) from southern Africa.
Bothalia 4:121-128.
* Goldblatt, P. John C. Manning and Roy E. Gereau. 2002
Nomenclatural Clarification in ''Aristea'' Section Racemosae (Iridaceae) in the Cape Flora of South Africa
Novon, Vol. 12, No. 2 (Summer, 2002), pp. 190–195
* W. Marais. 1987. Notes on ''Aristea'' (Iridaceae) in East Africa. Kew Bulletin, Vol. 42, No. 4, p. 932

Iridaceae genera
Iridaceae
Flora of Africa

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