Aristea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Iridaceae
Subfamilia: Aristeoideae
Genus: Aristea
Subgenera: A. subg. Aristea – A. subg. Eucapsulares – A. subg. Pseudaristea
Species overview: A. abyssinica – A. africana – A. alata – A. anceps – A. angolensis – A. angustifolia – A. bakeri – A. bequaertii – A. biflora – A. cantharophila – A. capitata – A. cistiflora – A. cladocarpa – A. compressa – A. cuspidata – A. dichotoma – A. djalonis – A. ecklonii – A. elliptica – A. ensifolia – A. farafangana – A. fimbriata – A. flexicaulis – A. galpinii – A. glauca – A. goetzei – A. grandis – A. humbertii – A. inaequalis – A. juncifolia – A. kitchingii – A. latifolia – A. lugens – A. madagascariensis – A. montana – A. monticola – A. nana – A. nigrescens – A. nyikensis – A. oligocephala – A. palustris – A. parviflora – A. pauciflora – A. platycaulis – A. polycephala – A. pusilla – A. racemosa – A. ranomafana – A. recisa – A. rigidifolia – A. rupicola – A. schizolaena – A. simplex – A. singularis – A. spiralis – A. teretifolia – A. torulosa – A. zeyheri

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Aristea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2015 May 12. Reference page.

Name

Aristea Aiton, Hortus Kew. 1: 67; 3: 506. (1789)

Type species: Aristea africana (L.) Hoffmanns., Verz. Pfl.-Kult. 40 (1824) originally designated as synonym Aristea cyanea Aiton (1789) nom. illeg.

Synonyms

Ixia L., Sp. Pl.: 35 (1753), nom. rej.
Sisyrinchium Eckl., Topogr. Verz. Pflanzensamml. Ecklon: 16 (1827), nom. illeg.
Cleanthe Salisb. ex Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. Pl. 3: 701 (1883).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: Tropical Africa
  - Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Ethiopia, Free State, Guinea, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
- Great Britain, Hawaii, Jamaica, West Himalaya

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Aiton 1789. Hortus Kewensis 1: 67; 3: 506.

Additional references

Govaerts, R.H.A. 1995. World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2). 483, 529 pp. MIM, Deurne. ISBN 90-341-0852-X (issue 1) ISBN 90-341-0853-8 (issue 2). Reference page.
Goldblatt, P. 2013. Aristea (Iridaceae, Aristeoideae), a subgeneric classification. Novon 22(4): 415–417. DOI: 10.3417/2011119 Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Aristea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 25. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Aristea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 25. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Aristea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Jan 2022. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Aristea. Published online. Accessed: Jan 25 2022. Reference page.