Caesia (gens)

''Caesia'' is a genus of herbs in the family Asphodelaceae, subfamily Hemerocallidoideae,Stevens, P.F. (2001 onwards)
"Hemerocallidoideae"
''Angiosperm Phylogeny Website''. Retrieved 2016-06-10. native to Australia, New Guinea, Madagascar and Southern Africa. The mostly 3-lobed seed capsules contain rounded black seeds. The genus was named in honour of Federico Cesi (1585-1630), an Italian scientist.

Species

# ''Caesia alpina'' Hook.f. - alpine grass-lily - New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria
# ''Caesia calliantha'' R.J.F.Hend. - blue grass-lily - New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia
# ''Caesia capensis'' (Bolus) Oberm. - Cape Province of South Africa
# ''Caesia chlorantha'' F.Muell. - New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia
# ''Caesia micrantha'' Lindl. - New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Queensland
# ''Caesia occidentalis'' R.Br. - Western Australia
# ''Caesia parviflora'' R.Br. - pale grass-lily - Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia
# †''Caesia rigidifolia'' F.Muell. - Queen Victoria Springs in Western Australia but extinct. Last recorded near Zanthus in 1875.
# ''Caesia sabulosa'' Boatwr. & J.C.Manning - Cape Province
# ''Caesia setifera'' Baker - Queensland, Western Australia, Northern Territory, New Guinea
# ''Caesia subulata'' Baker - Madagascar
# ''Caesia viscida'' Keighery - Western Australia

References

Asphodelaceae genera
Hemerocallidoideae
Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)

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