''Xenoscapa'' is a
genus of
herbaceous
Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground. This broad category of plants includes many perennials, and nearly all annuals and biennials.
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,
perennial and
bulbous plants
Bulb or Bulbs may refer to:
Common uses
* Bulb, a food-storage structure within some plants
** Ornamental bulb, a kind of perennial plant
* Light bulb, an electric lamp
Maritime
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in the family
Iridaceae. It consists of only three species distributed in Africa, and is closely related to the genera ''
Freesia''.
[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
Greek 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
''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''.Peter Goldblatt and John C. Manning. 1995 ...
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) 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
Iridaceae genera
Iridaceae
Taxa named by Peter Goldblatt
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