Nivenioideae

Nivenioideae is a subfamily of flowering plants and one of the six subfamilies in the family Iridaceae. It contains three genera,^[1] from South Africa which are the only true shrubs in the family (Klattia, Nivenia and Witsenia),^[2] It previously included Aristea, Patersonia and also Geosiris, which are now each placed in their own monotypic subfamily.^[3][4]

Nivenioideae
Klattia stokoei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Iridaceae
Subfamily:	Nivenioideae Eaton
Genera
Klattia Baker Nivenia Vent. Witsenia Thunb.

References

1. "Family: Iridaceae Juss., nom. cons". npgsweb.ars-grin.gov (Germplasm Resources Information Network). Retrieved 26 October 2016.
2. Manning, John C.; Goldblatt, Peter (December 1991). "Systematic and phylogenetic significance of the seed coat in the shrubby African Iridaceae, Nivenia, Klattia and Witsenia". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 107 (4): 387–404. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1991.tb00229.x.
3. Reeves, G; Chase, MW; Goldblatt, P; Rudall, P; Fay, MF; Cox, AV; Lejeune, B; Souza-Chies, T (November 2001). "Molecular systematics of Iridaceae: evidence from four plastid DNA regions". American Journal of Botany (Am J Bot.). 88 (88): 2074–87. doi:10.2307/3558433. JSTOR 3558433. PMID 21669639.
4. Goldblatt, Peter; Rodriguez, Aaron; Powell, M. P.; Davies, Jonathan T.; Manning, John C.; van der Bank, M.; Savolainen, Vincent (2008). "Iridaceae 'Out of Australasia'? Phylogeny, Biogeography, and Divergence Time Based on Plastid DNA Sequences" (PDF). Systematic Botany. 33 (3): 495–508. doi:10.1600/036364408785679806. ISSN 0363-6445. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2020-01-16.

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