''Ixianthes'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s in the family
Stilbaceae
''Stilbaceae'' is a family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales.
Genera include:
*'' Anastrabe'' E. Mey. ex Benth.
*''Bowkeria'' Harv.
*''Campylostachys'' Kunth
*''Charadrophila'' Marloth
*'' Euthystachys'' A. DC.
*'' Halleria'' L. ...
described as a genus in 1836.
[Tropicos, ''Ixianthes'' Benth.]
descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
There is only one known species, ''Ixianthes retzioides'', native to
Western Cape Province
The Western Cape is a province of South Africa, situated on the south-western coast of the country. It is the fourth largest of the nine provinces with an area of , and the third most populous, with an estimated 7 million inhabitants in 2020 ...
in
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...
.
[Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).]
References
Monotypic Lamiales genera
Stilbaceae
Endemic flora of South Africa
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