''Bobartia'' is a
genus
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of
evergreen
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,
perennial
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and
bulbous plants
Bulb or Bulbs may refer to:
Common uses
* Bulb, a food-storage structure within some plants
** Ornamental bulbous plant, Ornamental bulb, a kind of perennial plant
* Light bulb, an electric lamp
Maritime
* Bulb keel, a type of keel
* Bulbous b ...
in the iris family (
Iridaceae
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). The genus comprises 15 species distributed in
South Africa
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. The genus name is a tribute to German botanist
Jakob Bobart.
List of species
*''
Bobartia aphylla'' (
L.f.)
Ker Gawl., Irid. Gen.: 30 (1827).
*''
Bobartia fasciculata'' Gillett ex
Strid, Opera Bot. 37: 34 (1974).
*''
Bobartia filiformis'' (L.f.) Ker Gawl., Irid. Gen.: 30 (1827).
*''
Bobartia gladiata'' (L.f.) Ker Gawl., Irid. Gen.: 30 (1827).
**''Bobartia gladiata'' subsp. ''gladiata''.
**''Bobartia gladiata'' subsp. ''major'' (
G.J.Lewis) Strid, Opera Bot. 37: 24 (1974).
**''Bobartia gladiata'' subsp. ''teres'' Strid, Opera Bot. 37: 25 (1974).
*''
Bobartia gracilis''
Baker
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History
Ancient histo ...
, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1901: 134 (1901).
*''
Bobartia indica'' L., Sp. Pl.: 54 (1753).
*''
Bobartia lilacina'' G.J.Lewis, J. S. Afr. Bot. 11: 108 (1945).
*''
Bobartia longicyma'' Gillett, J. Bot. 68: 104 (1930).
**''Bobartia longicyma'' subsp. ''longicyma''.
**''Bobartia longicyma'' subsp. ''magna'' Gillett ex Strid, Opera Bot. 37: 26 (1974).
**''Bobartia longicyma'' subsp. ''microflora'' Strid, Opera Bot. 37: 27 (1974).
*''
Bobartia macrocarpa'' Strid, Opera Bot. 37: 33 (1974).
*''
Bobartia macrospatha'' Baker, Handb. Irid.: 119 (1892).
**''Bobartia macrospatha'' subsp. ''anceps'' (Baker) Strid, Opera Bot. 37: 36 (1974).
**''Bobartia macrospatha'' subsp. ''macrospatha''.
*''
Bobartia orientalis'' Gillett, J. Bot. 68: 104 (1930).
**''Bobartia orientalis'' subsp. ''occidentalis'' Strid, Opera Bot. 37: 33 (1974).
**''Bobartia orientalis'' subsp. ''orientalis''.
*''
Bobartia paniculata'' G.J.Lewis, J. S. Afr. Bot. 7: 50 (1941).
*''
Bobartia parva'' Gillett, J. Bot. 68: 104 (1930).
*''
Bobartia robusta'' Baker, Handb. Irid.: 120 (1892).
*''
Bobartia rufa'' Strid, Opera Bot. 37: 37 (1974).
Bibliography
*Goldblatt P, Rudall P. 1992. Relationships of the southern African genus ''Bobartia'' (Iridaceae-Iridoideae). S. Afr. J. Bot. 58. 304-9
*Strid AK. 1974 A taxonomic revision of ''Bobartia'' L. (Iridaceae) Opera bot., Lund,. No. 37. 1-45.
*Strid AK. 1974 A taxonomic revision of ''Bobartia'' L. (Iridaceae). : Op. Bot., no. 37. 45p. (1974).
References
Iridaceae genera
Iridaceae
Endemic flora of the Cape Provinces
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