Xenoscapa
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Xenoscapa is a genus of herbaceous, perennial and bulbous plants in the family Iridaceae. It consists of only three species distributed in Africa, and is closely related to the genera Freesia.[1][2] The genus name is derived from the Greek words xenos, meaning "strange", and scapa, meaning "flowering stem".[3]
Species
The list of Xenoscapa species, with their complete name and authority, and their geographic distribution is given below.[4]
- Xenoscapa fistulosa (Spreng. ex Klatt) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning, Syst. Bot. 20: 172 (1995). Distributed from Namibia to South Africa.
- 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
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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
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- ↑ Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. World Checklist of Monocotyledons: Xenoscapa . Accessed May 16, 2009.
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