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Aristea biflora

Common names: windowed aristea

Family: Iridaceae

... southern Africa. Aristea biflora is a member of the family Iridaceae and an inhabitant the south-western Cape. It is ...

06 / 04 / 2009 | Vathiswa Zikishe | CREW

Aristea capitata

Common names: blue sceptre (Eng.); blousuurkanol (Afr.)

Family: Iridaceae

01 / 11 / 2000 | Liesl Van der Walt | Kirstenbosch NBG

Aristea ecklonii

Common names: blue stars (Eng.); blousterre (Afr.); umhushuza (IsiZulu)

Family: Iridaceae

01 / 10 / 2012 | Sthembile Zondi | KwaZulu-Natal NBG

Aristea spiralis

Common names: star-eyed aristea, pale capeblue (Eng.)

Family: Iridaceae

... insufficient sunlight. Aristea is part of the iris family (Iridaceae), which consists of about 65 genera and 1 800 ...

11 / 12 / 2023 | Natasha Lombard | National Herbarium Pretoria

Aristea torulosa

Common names: Wood’s aristea (Eng.); blousuurkanol (Afr.); khahla, lethepu-le-lenyenyane (Sesotho,); umluzi omncane (isiZulu); phayimashimane (siSwati)

Family: Iridaceae

... the name is unclear. Aristea belongs in the iris family (Iridaceae), which consists of about 70 genera and ± 2 160 ...

25 / 11 / 2024 | Ofentse Naanyane | Free State NBG

Babiana fragrans

Common names: fragrant blue babiana (Eng.); bobbejaantjie, bobbejaanuintjie (Afr.)

Family: Iridaceae

26 / 11 / 2018 | Refilwe Maria Malatji | Pretoria NBG

Babiana hirsuta

Common names: red babiana (Eng.); rooibobbejaantjie, rooihanekam, strandlelie, sandlelie (Afr.)

Family: Iridaceae

17 / 06 / 2013 | Werner Voigt | Karoo Desert NBG

Babiana montana

Common names: Agulhas baboon flower (Eng.); bobbejaantjie, bobbejaanuintjie (Afr.)

Family: Iridaceae

... ‘relating to mountains’. Babiana belongs in the Iridaceae family, it is a genus of approximately 92 species ...

06 / 11 / 2023 | Philisiwe Nonhlanhla Biyela | Pretoria NBG

Babiana nervosa

Common names: baboon flower, babiana (Eng.), bobbejaantjie, bobbejaanuintjie, katjetie (Afr.)

Family: Iridaceae

07 / 03 / 2022 | Ofentse Naanyane | Pretoria NBG

Babiana noctiflora

Common names: night-scented baboon flower, night bobbejaantjie (Eng.); aandbobbejaantjie (Afr.)

Family: Iridaceae

... from eating them. Babiana noctiflora belongs to the family Iridaceae. There are 66 accepted genera in this family, with ...

01 / 11 / 2021 | Tamanna Patel | TSP

Babiana praemorsa

Common names: stompstertbobbejaantjie, perskussing (Afr.)

Family: Iridaceae

15 / 03 / 2010 | Colleen Rust | Hantam NBG

Babiana pygmaea

Common names: yellow babiana (Eng.); geelbobbejaantjie (Afr.)

Family: Iridaceae

25 / 07 / 2005 | Graham Duncan | Kirstenbosch NBG

Babiana ringens

Common names: rat’s tail babiana (Eng.); rottestert, rotstert, hanekam (Afr.)

Family: Iridaceae

... The genus Babiana is part of the large and diverse Iridaceae family which has approximately 1 800 species across about 65 genera worldwide. Iridaceae, named after the genus Iris , is an important ... perfumes and gins. Babiana is one of the larger genera in Iridaceae. It consists of approximately 93 species that are ...

| Natasha Lombard | National Herbarium Pretoria