Nivenia

Nivenia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae first described as a genus in 1808. Species in the genus are restricted in distribution to an area in the Cape Province of South Africa.^[1]

Nivenia
Nivenia corymbosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Iridaceae
Subfamily:	Nivenioideae
Genus:	Nivenia Ventenat
Type species
Nivenia corymbosa (Ker Gawler) Baker
Synonyms[1]
Genlisia Rchb.

The genus name is a tribute to the Scottish botanist James Niven (1774-1826), one of the first to collect the genus.^[2]

Species^[1]

• Nivenia argentea Goldblatt
• Nivenia binata Klatt
• Nivenia concinna N.E.Br - Viljoens Pass
• Nivenia corymbosa (Ker Gawl.) Baker
• Nivenia dispar N.E.Br - Olifantskloof
• Nivenia fruticosa (L.f.) Baker - Langeberg Mountains
• Nivenia inaequalis Goldblatt & J.C.Manning^[3]
• Nivenia levynsiae Weim.
• Nivenia parviflora Goldblatt
• Nivenia stenosiphon Goldblatt
• Nivenia stokoei (L.Guthrie) N.E.Br. - Caledon