Hesperantha
| Hesperantha | |
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| Hesperantha coccinea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Iridaceae |
| Subfamily: | Crocoideae |
| Tribe: | Croceae
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| Genus: | Hesperantha Ker Gawl. |
| Type species | |
| Hesperantha falcata (L.f.) Ker Gawl.
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Hesperantha is a genus of cormous flowering plants in the family Iridaceae. The genus name is derived from the Greek words hesperos, meaning "evening", and anthos, meaning "flower".[2]
There are approximately 79 species, mostly native to southern Africa, but with four species reaching tropical Africa. All except one grow from corms.[1][citation needed]
The
Common names include scarlet river lily, kaffir lily and crimson flag. [1]
Species
- Schult.) Ker Gawl.
- B.L.Burtt
- Hesperantha altimontana Goldblatt
- Hesperantha bachmannii Baker
- Willd.
- Hesperantha baurii Baker
- Hesperantha bifolia Baker
- G.J.Lewis
- Hesperantha brevifolia Goldblatt
- Hesperantha brevistyla Goldblatt
- Hesperantha bulbifera Baker
- Hesperantha candida Baker
- Hesperantha cedarmontana Goldblatt
- Hesperantha ciliolata Goldblatt
- Ker Gawl.
- J.C.Manning
- B.L.Burtt
- Hesperantha cucullata Klatt
- Hesperantha curvula Hilliard & B.L.Burtt
- Hesperantha debilis Goldblatt
- Hesperantha decipiens Goldblatt
- Hesperantha dolomitica Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Hesperantha elsiae Goldblatt
- Benth.ex Baker
- Hesperantha eremophila Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Hesperantha exiliflora Goldblatt
- Hesperantha falcata (L.f.) Ker Gawl.
- Hesperantha fibrosa Baker
- Hesperantha filiformis Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Hesperantha flava G.J.Lewis
- Hesperantha flexuosa Klatt
- Hesperantha glabrescens Goldblatt
- Hesperantha glareosa Hilliard & B.L.Burtt
- Hesperantha gracilis Baker
- Hesperantha grandiflora G.J.Lewis
- Schltr. ex R.C.Foster
- Hesperantha helmei Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Hesperantha humilis Baker
- Hesperantha hutchingsiae Hilliard & B.L.Burtt
- Hesperantha huttonii (Baker) Hilliard & B.L.Burtt
- Hesperantha hygrophila Hilliard & B.L.Burtt
- Hesperantha inconspicua (Baker) Goldblatt
- Hesperantha ingeliensis Hilliard & B.L.Burtt
- Hesperantha juncifolia Goldblatt
- Hesperantha karooica Goldblatt
- Hesperantha kiaratayloriae Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Hesperantha lactea Baker
- Hesperantha latifolia (Klatt) M.P.de Vos
- Hesperantha laxifolia Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Hesperantha leucantha Baker
- Hesperantha lithicola J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
- Hesperantha longicollis Baker
- Hesperantha longistyla J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
- Hesperantha longituba (Klatt) Baker
- Hesperantha luticola Goldblatt
- Hesperantha malvina Goldblatt
- Hesperantha marlothii R.C.Foster
- Hesperantha minima (Baker) R.C.Foster
- Hesperantha modesta Baker
- Hesperantha montigena Goldblatt
- Hesperantha mtamvunae Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- G.J.Lewis
- Hesperantha namaquana Goldblatt
- Diels) Goldblatt
- Hesperantha pallescens Goldblatt
- Hesperantha palustris Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Hesperantha pauciflora (Baker) G.J.Lewis
- A.Rich.) Baker
- Hesperantha pilosa (L.f.) Ker Gawl.
- Hesperantha pseudopilosa Goldblatt
- Hesperantha pubinervia Hilliard & B.L.Burtt
- Hesperantha pulchra Baker
- Hesperantha purpurea Goldblatt
- Hesperantha quadrangula Goldblatt
- Hesperantha radiata (Jacq.) Ker Gawl.
- Hesperantha rivulicola Goldblatt
- N.E.Br. ex R.C.Foster
- Hesperantha rupicola Goldblatt
- Hesperantha saldanhae Goldblatt
- Hesperantha saxicola Goldblatt
- Hesperantha schelpeana Hilliard & B.L.Burtt
- Hesperantha schlechteri (Baker) R.C.Foster
- Hesperantha scopulosa Hilliard & B.L.Burtt
- Hesperantha secunda Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Burm.f.) N.E.Br.
- Hesperantha stenosiphon Goldblatt
- Hesperantha sufflava Goldblatt
- Hesperantha teretifolia Goldblatt
- Hesperantha truncatula Goldblatt
- Hesperantha umbricola Goldblatt
- Hesperantha vaginata (Sweet) Goldblatt
- Hesperantha woodii Baker
See also
References
Media related to Hesperantha at Wikimedia Commons
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