Xenoscapa

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.^[2][3] The genus name is derived from the Greek words xenos, meaning "strange", and scapa, meaning "flowering stem".^[4]

Xenoscapa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Iridaceae
Subfamily:	Crocoideae
Tribe:	Freesieae
Genus:	Xenoscapa (Goldblatt) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning.[1]
Type species
Xenoscapa fistulosa (Sprengel ex Klatt) Goldblatt & J.C. Manning

Species

The list of Xenoscapa species, with their complete name and authority, and their geographic distribution is given below.^[5]

• Xenoscapa fistulosa (Spreng. ex Klatt) 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.