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Genus of flowering plants From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Witsenia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, first described as a genus in 1782. There is only one known species, Witsenia maura, endemic to Cape Province in western South Africa.[1][2]
Witsenia | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Iridaceae |
Subfamily: | Nivenioideae |
Genus: | Witsenia Thunb. |
Species: | W. maura |
Binomial name | |
Witsenia maura | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Antholyza maura L. |
The genus name is a tribute to the botany patron Nicolaas Witsen.[3]
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