''Xenoscapa'' is a

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and bulbous plants in the family

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. It consists of only three species distributed in Africa, and is closely related to the genera ''

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''.Peter Goldblatt and John C. Manning. 1995
Phylogeny of the African Genera ''Anomatheca'' and ''Freesia'' (Iridaceae: Ixioideae), and a New Genus ''Xenoscapa''
Systematic Botany, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 161-178 The genus name is derived from the

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words ''xenos'', meaning "strange", and ''scapa'', meaning "flowering stem".

Species

The list of ''Xenoscapa'' species, with their complete name and authority, and their geographic distribution is given below.Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew
World Checklist of Monocotyledons: ''Xenoscapa ''
Accessed May 16, 2009. *'' Xenoscapa fistulosa'' ( Spreng. ex Klatt) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning, Syst. Bot. 20: 172 (1995). Distributed from

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. *'' Xenoscapa grandiflora'' Goldblatt & J.C.Manning, Bothalia 41: 284 (2011). Namibia *'' Xenoscapa uliginosa'' Goldblatt & J.C.Manning, Syst. Bot. 20: 173 (1995). South Africa.

References

Iridaceae genera Iridaceae Taxa named by Peter Goldblatt Flora of Southern Africa {{iridaceae-stub