Geissorhiza is a genus with 103 species described to date of deciduous perennial flowering plants in the family Iridaceae first described as a genus in 1803. The entire genus is endemic to Cape Province of western South Africa. The genus name is derived from the Greek words geisson, meaning "tile", and rhizon, meaning "root".[2]

Geissorhiza
Geissorhiza radians
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Subfamily: Crocoideae
Tribe: Croceae
Genus: Geissorhiza
Ker Gawl.
Type species
Geissorhiza obtusata
Species

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Synonyms[1]

Anomaza Laws. ex Salisb.
Engysiphon G.J.Lewis
Rochea Salisb.
Sphaerospora Klatt
Weihea Eckl.

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References

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  1. ^ World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  2. ^ Manning, John; Goldblatt, Peter (2008). The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. pp. 169–72. ISBN 978-0-88192-897-6.