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Nivenia
Genus of flowering plants / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nivenia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae first described as a genus in 1808. Species in the genus are restricted in distribution to an area in the Cape Province of South Africa.[1]
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Nivenia | |
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Nivenia corymbosa | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Iridaceae |
Subfamily: | Nivenioideae |
Genus: | Nivenia Ventenat |
Type species | |
Nivenia corymbosa (Ker Gawler) Baker | |
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The genus name is a tribute to the Scottish botanist James Niven (1774-1826), one of the first to collect the genus.[2]
- Species[1]
- Nivenia argentea Goldblatt
- Nivenia binata Klatt
- Nivenia concinna N.E.Br - Viljoens Pass
- Nivenia corymbosa (Ker Gawl.) Baker
- Nivenia dispar N.E.Br - Olifantskloof
- Nivenia fruticosa (L.f.) Baker - Langeberg Mountains
- Nivenia inaequalis Goldblatt & J.C.Manning[3]
- Nivenia levynsiae Weim.
- Nivenia parviflora Goldblatt
- Nivenia stenosiphon Goldblatt
- Nivenia stokoei (L.Guthrie) N.E.Br. - Caledon