Pillansia

Pillansia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, first described as a genus in 1914. It contains only one known species, Pillansia templemannii, endemic to Cape Province in South Africa.^[1][2][3]

Pillansia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Iridaceae
Subfamily:	Crocoideae
Tribe:	Watsonieae
Genus:	Pillansia L.Bolus
Species:	P. templemannii
Binomial name
Pillansia templemannii (Baker) L.Bolus
Synonyms[1]
Tritonia templemannii Baker Aristea wredowia Steud. name published without description Wredowia pulchra Eckl. name published without description

The genus name is a tribute to the South African botanist Neville Stuart Pillans, who brought the species to the attention of Harriet Margaret Louisa Bolus.^[4]

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Innes, C. (1985). The World of Iridaceae: 1-407. Holly Gare International Ltd., Ashington.
3. Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
4. Manning, John; Goldblatt, Peter (2008). The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. pp. 127–30. ISBN 978-0-88192-897-6.