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Aristea
Aristea is a genus of evergreen, perennial and rhizomatous species of flowering plants in the iris family (Iridaceae), first described in 1789. The genus is distributed in tropical and southern Africa, as well as Madagascar. The genus name is derived from the Greek word arista, meaning "awn".
54 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Blue corn-lily
speciesAristea ecklonii
African Capeblue
speciesAristea africana
Rocket Capeblue
speciesAristea capitata
Tall Capeblue
speciesAristea bakeri
Pale Capeblue
speciesAristea spiralis
Aristea pusilla
speciesAristea pusilla
Blue-Eyed Grass
speciesAristea abyssinica
Rush Capeblue
speciesAristea juncifolia
Windowfruit Capeblue
speciesAristea dichotoma
Khahla Capeblue
speciesAristea torulosa
Aristea oligocephala
speciesAristea oligocephala
Grey Capeblue
speciesAristea glauca
Blue-eye Capeblue
speciesAristea cantharophila
Black-lug Capeblue
speciesAristea lugens
Aristea teretifolia
speciesAristea teretifolia
Forest Capeblue
speciesAristea ensifolia
Aristea racemosa
speciesAristea racemosa
Aristea nana
speciesAristea nana
Aristea inaequalis
speciesAristea inaequalis
Aristea bracteata
speciesAristea bracteata
Aristea compressa
speciesAristea compressa
Aristea biflora
speciesAristea biflora
Aristea angolensis
speciesAristea angolensis
Waaikloof Capeblue
speciesAristea nigrescens
Aristea simplex
speciesAristea simplex
Aristea montana
speciesAristea montana
Aristea anceps
speciesAristea anceps
Aristea zeyheri
speciesAristea zeyheri
Aristea latifolia
speciesAristea latifolia
Langeberg Capeblue
speciesAristea cistiflora
Cusp Capeblue
speciesAristea cuspidata
Aristea madagascariensis
speciesAristea madagascariensis
Aristea rufobracteata
speciesAristea rufobracteata
Aristea palustris
speciesAristea palustris
Aristea cladocarpa
speciesAristea cladocarpa
Aristea singularis
speciesAristea singularis
Aristea recisa
speciesAristea recisa
Aristea schizolaena
speciesAristea schizolaena
Aristea galpinii
speciesAristea galpinii
Aristea pauciflora
speciesAristea pauciflora
Aristea rigidifolia
speciesAristea rigidifolia
Aristea grandis
speciesAristea grandis
Aristea rupicola
speciesAristea rupicola
Aristea elliptica
speciesAristea elliptica
Aristea fimbriata
speciesAristea fimbriata
Aristea kitchingii
speciesAristea kitchingii
Aristea flexicaulis
speciesAristea flexicaulis
Aristea nyikensis
speciesAristea nyikensis
Aristea alata
speciesAristea alata
Aristea platycaulis
speciesAristea platycaulis
Aristea parviflora
speciesAristea parviflora
Aristea humbertii
speciesAristea humbertii
Aristea angustifolia
speciesAristea angustifolia
Aristea ranomafana
speciesAristea ranomafana
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 156202.