''Ixia'' is a genus of

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ous plants native to

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from the family

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. Some of them are known as the corn lily. Some distinctive traits include sword-like leaves and long wiry stems with star-shaped flowers. It usually prefers well-drained soil. The popular corn lily has specific, not very intense fragrance. It is often visited by many

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s such as

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s. The ''Ixia'' are also used sometimes as ornamental plants. The genus name is derived from the

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ἰξία (ixia) ( = χαμαιλέων λευκός, (chamaeleon leukos)), the

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, '' Carlina gummifera'', an unrelated plant in the daisy family, Asteraceae.

Species

The genus ''Ixia'' includes the following species: *'' Ixia abbreviata'' Houtt. *''

Ixia acaulis ''Ixia'' is a genus of cormous plants native to South Africa from the family Iridaceae. Some of them are known as the corn lily. Some distinctive traits include sword-like leaves and long wiry stems with star-shaped flowers. It usually prefers w ...

'' Goldblatt & J.C. Manning *''

Ixia alata ''Ixia'' is a genus of cormous plants native to South Africa from the family Iridaceae. Some of them are known as the corn lily. Some distinctive traits include sword-like leaves and long wiry stems with star-shaped flowers. It usually prefers w ...

'' Goldblatt & J.C.Manning *'' Ixia alticola'' Goldblatt & J.C.Manning *''

Ixia altissima ''Ixia'' is a genus of cormous plants native to South Africa from the family Iridaceae. Some of them are known as the corn lily. Some distinctive traits include sword-like leaves and long wiry stems with star-shaped flowers. It usually prefers w ...

'' Goldblatt & J.C.Manning *''

Ixia angelae ''Ixia'' is a genus of cormous plants native to South Africa from the family Iridaceae. Some of them are known as the corn lily. Some distinctive traits include sword-like leaves and long wiry stems with star-shaped flowers. It usually prefers ...

'' Goldblatt & J.C.Manning *'' Ixia atrandra'' Goldblatt & J.C.Manning *'' Ixia aurea'' J.C. Manning & Goldblatt *''

Ixia bellendenii ''Ixia'' is a genus of cormous plants native to South Africa from the family Iridaceae. Some of them are known as the corn lily. Some distinctive traits include sword-like leaves and long wiry stems with star-shaped flowers. It usually prefers w ...

'' R.C.Foster *''

Ixia bifolia ''Ixia'' is a genus of cormous plants native to South Africa from the family Iridaceae. Some of them are known as the corn lily. Some distinctive traits include sword-like leaves and long wiry stems with star-shaped flowers. It usually prefers w ...

'' J.C. Manning & Goldblatt *'' Ixia brevituba'' G.J. Lewis *'' Ixia brunneobractea'' G.J. Lewis *'' Ixia campanulata'' Houtt. *''

Ixia capillaris ''Ixia'' is a genus of cormous plants native to South Africa from the family Iridaceae. Some of them are known as the corn lily. Some distinctive traits include sword-like leaves and long wiry stems with star-shaped flowers. It usually prefers w ...

'' L. f. *''

Ixia cochlearis ''Ixia'' is a genus of cormous plants native to South Africa from the family Iridaceae. Some of them are known as the corn lily. Some distinctive traits include sword-like leaves and long wiry stems with star-shaped flowers. It usually prefers w ...

'' G.J. Lewis *''

Ixia collina ''Ixia'' is a genus of cormous plants native to South Africa from the family Iridaceae. Some of them are known as the corn lily. Some distinctive traits include sword-like leaves and long wiry stems with star-shaped flowers. It usually prefers w ...

'' Goldbl. & Snijman *''

Ixia curta ''Ixia'' is a genus of cormous plants native to South Africa from the family Iridaceae. Some of them are known as the corn lily. Some distinctive traits include sword-like leaves and long wiry stems with star-shaped flowers. It usually prefers w ...

'' Andr *''

Ixia curvata ''Ixia'' is a genus of cormous plants native to South Africa from the family Iridaceae. Some of them are known as the corn lily. Some distinctive traits include sword-like leaves and long wiry stems with star-shaped flowers. It usually prefers w ...

'' G.J. Lewis *''

Ixia dubia ''Ixia dubia'' is an '' Ixia'' species found growing in granite slopes from Piketberg to Caldon, South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is boun ...

'' Vent. *''

Ixia erubescens ''Ixia'' is a genus of cormous plants native to South Africa from the family Iridaceae. Some of them are known as the corn lily. Some distinctive traits include sword-like leaves and long wiry stems with star-shaped flowers. It usually prefers w ...

'' Goldbl. *''

Ixia esterhuyseniae ''Ixia'' is a genus of cormous plants native to South Africa from the family Iridaceae. Some of them are known as the corn lily. Some distinctive traits include sword-like leaves and long wiry stems with star-shaped flowers. It usually prefers w ...

'' M.P.de Vos *''

Ixia flexuosa ''Ixia'' is a genus of cormous plants native to South Africa from the family Iridaceae. Some of them are known as the corn lily. Some distinctive traits include sword-like leaves and long wiry stems with star-shaped flowers. It usually prefers w ...

'' L. *'' Ixia frederickii'' M.P.de Vos *'' Ixia fucata'' **''Ixia fucata'' Ker-Gawl, var. ''filifolia'' G.J. Lewis **''Ixia fucata'' Ker-Gawl. var. ''fucata'' *'' Ixia gloriosa'' G.J Lewis *'' Ixia latifolia'' **''Ixia latifolia'' Delaroche var. ''angustifolia'' G.J. Lewis **''Ixia latifolia'' Delaroche var. ''curviramosa'' G.J. Lewis **''Ixia latifolia'' Delaroche var. ''latifolia'' **''Ixia latifolia'' Delaroche var. ''parviflora'' G.J. Lewis **''Ixia latifolia'' Delaroche var. ''ramulosa'' G.J. Lewis *''

Ixia leipoldtii ''Ixia'' is a genus of cormous plants native to South Africa from the family Iridaceae. Some of them are known as the corn lily. Some distinctive traits include sword-like leaves and long wiry stems with star-shaped flowers. It usually prefers w ...

'' G.J. Lewis *'' Ixia leucantha'' Jacq. *'' Ixia longituba'' N.E.Br. **''Ixia longituba'' N. E. Br. var. ''bellendenii'' R.C. Foster **''Ixia longituba'' N. E. Br. var. ''longituba'' *''

Ixia lutea ''Ixia'' is a genus of cormous plants native to South Africa from the family Iridaceae. Some of them are known as the corn lily. Some distinctive traits include sword-like leaves and long wiry stems with star-shaped flowers. It usually prefers w ...

'' Eckl. var. ''lutea'' *''Ixia lutea'' Eckl. var. ''ovata'' (Andr.) B. Nord *''

Ixia maculata ''Ixia maculata'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae known by the common name spotted African corn lily. It is native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa, but it is grown widely as an ornamental plant. It can also be found ...

'' **''Ixia maculata'' L. var. ''fusco-citrina'' (Desf.ex DC) G.J. Lewis **''Ixia maculata'' L. var. ''intermedia'' G.J. Lewis **''Ixia maculata'' L. var. ''maculata'' *'' Ixia marginifolia'' (Salisb) G.J Lewis *'' Ixia metelerkampiae'' L. Bol. *'' Ixia micranda'' **''Ixia micranda'' Bak. var. ''confusa'' G.J Lewis **''Ixia micranda'' Bak. var. ''micranda'' **''Ixia micranda'' Bak. var. ''minor'' G.J Lewis *'' Ixia monadelpha'' Delaroche *'' Ixia mostertii'' M.P.de Vos *''

Ixia odorata ''Ixia'' is a genus of cormous plants native to South Africa from the family Iridaceae. Some of them are known as the corn lily. Some distinctive traits include sword-like leaves and long wiry stems with star-shaped flowers. It usually prefers w ...

'' Ker-Gawl var. ''hesperanthoides'' G.J Lewis *''

'' Ker-Gawl var. ''odorata'' *'' Ixia orientalis'' L.Bol. *'' Ixia paniculata'' Delaroche *''

Ixia patens ''Ixia'' is a genus of cormous plants native to South Africa from the family Iridaceae. Some of them are known as the corn lily. Some distinctive traits include sword-like leaves and long wiry stems with star-shaped flowers. It usually prefers w ...

'' **''Ixia patens'' Ait. var. ''linearifolia'' G.J Lewis **''Ixia patens'' Ait var. ''patens'' *''

Ixia pauciflora ''Ixia'' is a genus of cormous plants native to South Africa from the family Iridaceae. Some of them are known as the corn lily. Some distinctive traits include sword-like leaves and long wiry stems with star-shaped flowers. It usually prefers w ...

'' G.J Lewis *''

Ixia polystachya ''Ixia polystachya'', the white-and-yellow-flower cornlily, is an ''Ixia'' species found on hills and slopes of northwest and southwest Cape, South Africa. References External links

* * Garden plants of Africa Endemic flora of the Cap ...

'' **''Ixia polystachya'' L. var. ''crassifolia'' G.J Lewis **''Ixia polystachya'' L. var. ''lutea'' (Ker-Gawl) G.J Lewis **''Ixia polystachya'' M.P.de Vos var. ''longistylus'' var. ''nova'' **''Ixia polystachya'' L. var. ''polystachya'' *''

Ixia pumilio ''Ixia'' is a genus of cormous plants native to South Africa from the family Iridaceae. Some of them are known as the corn lily. Some distinctive traits include sword-like leaves and long wiry stems with star-shaped flowers. It usually prefers w ...

'' Goldbl. & Snijman *''

Ixia purpureorosea ''Ixia'' is a genus of cormous plants native to South Africa from the family Iridaceae. Some of them are known as the corn lily. Some distinctive traits include sword-like leaves and long wiry stems with star-shaped flowers. It usually prefers w ...

'' G.J Lewis *'' Ixia rapunculoides'' **''Ixia rapunculoides'' Del. var. ''flaccida'' G.J Lewis **''Ixia rapuncuolides'' Del. var. ''namaquana'' (L.Bol.) G.J Lewis **''Ixia rapunculoides'' Del. var. ''rapunculoides'' **''Ixia rapunculoides'' Del. var. ''rigida'' G.J Lewis **''Ixia rapunculoides'' Del. var. ''robusta'' G.J Lewis **''Ixia rapunculoides'' Del. var ''subpendula'' G.J. Lewis *''

Ixia rouxii ''Ixia'' is a genus of cormous plants native to South Africa from the family Iridaceae. Some of them are known as the corn lily. Some distinctive traits include sword-like leaves and long wiry stems with star-shaped flowers. It usually prefers w ...

'' G.J Lewis *''

Ixia scillaris ''Ixia scillaris'' is a perennial cormous flowering plant in the genus ''Ixia''. It is endemic to a small portion of the Fynbos in the Western Cape. Distribution Its range is from Tulbagh and Darling to the Cape Peninsula and Somerset West. ...

'' L. var.'' scillaris'' *''

'' L. var. ''subundulata'' G.J Lewis *''

Ixia splendida ''Ixia'' is a genus of cormous plants native to South Africa from the family Iridaceae. Some of them are known as the corn lily. Some distinctive traits include sword-like leaves and long wiry stems with star-shaped flowers. It usually prefers w ...

'' G.J. Lewis *'' Ixia stohriae'' L. Bol. *'' Ixia stolonifera'' G.J Lewis *'' Ixia stricta'' (Eckl. ex Klatt) G.J Lewis *'' Ixia tenuifolia'' Vahl. *'' Ixia thomasiae'' Goldblo. *''

Ixia trifolia ''Ixia'' is a genus of cormous plants native to South Africa from the family Iridaceae. Some of them are known as the corn lily. Some distinctive traits include sword-like leaves and long wiry stems with star-shaped flowers. It usually prefers w ...

'' G.J Lewis FP *'' Ixia trinervata'' (Bak.) G.J Lewis *'' Ixia vanzijliae'' L. Bol. *'' Ixia versicolor'' G.J Lewis *''

Ixia vinacea ''Ixia'' is a genus of cormous plants native to South Africa from the family Iridaceae. Some of them are known as the corn lily. Some distinctive traits include sword-like leaves and long wiry stems with star-shaped flowers. It usually prefers w ...

'' G.J Lewis *'' Ixia viridiflora'' Lam. **''Ixia viridiflora'' Lam. var ''minor'' M.P.de Vos **''Ixia viridiflora'' Lam. var ''viridflora'' Thunb.

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