''Caesia'' is a genus of herbs in the family

Asphodelaceae Asphodelaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Asparagales. Such a family has been recognized by most taxonomists, but the circumscription has varied widely. In its current circumscription in the APG IV system, it includes abo ...

, subfamily

Hemerocallidoideae Hemerocallidoideae is the a subfamily of flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a wood ...

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"Hemerocallidoideae"
''Angiosperm Phylogeny Website''. Retrieved 2016-06-10. native to Australia,

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. The mostly 3-lobed seed capsules contain rounded black seeds. The genus was named in honour of

Federico Cesi Federico Angelo Cesi (; 26 February 1585 – 1 August 1630) was an Italian scientist, naturalist, and founder of the Accademia dei Lincei. On his father's death in 1630, he became briefly lord of Acquasparta. Biography Federico Cesi was ...

(1585-1630), an Italian scientist.

Species

# '' Caesia alpina'' Hook.f. - alpine grass-lily - New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria # '' Caesia calliantha'' R.J.F.Hend. - blue grass-lily - New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia # '' Caesia capensis'' (Bolus) Oberm. - Cape Province of South Africa # '' Caesia chlorantha'' F.Muell. - New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia # ''

Caesia micrantha ''Caesia micrantha'' (common name – pale grass-lily) is a species of flowering plant in the family Hemerocallidaceae native to Western Australia. Description ''Caesia micrantha'' has fibrous roots. The leaves are 15 to 65 cm long, with ...

'' Lindl. - New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Queensland # '' Caesia occidentalis'' R.Br. - Western Australia # ''

Caesia parviflora ''Caesia parviflora'', the pale grass lily, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asphodelaceae, subfamily Hemerocallidoideae, native to Australia, being found in New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and W ...

'' R.Br. - pale grass-lily - Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia # †'' Caesia rigidifolia'' F.Muell. - Queen Victoria Springs in Western Australia but extinct. Last recorded near

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in 1875. # '' Caesia sabulosa'' Boatwr. & J.C.Manning - Cape Province # '' Caesia setifera'' Baker - Queensland, Western Australia, Northern Territory, New Guinea # '' Caesia subulata'' Baker - Madagascar # '' Caesia viscida'' Keighery - Western Australia

References

Asphodelaceae genera Hemerocallidoideae Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773) {{Asphodelaceae-stub