Thereianthus

Thereianthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, first described as a genus in 1941. The entire genus is endemic to Cape Province in South Africa.^[1][2][3]

Thereianthus
Thereianthus spicatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Iridaceae
Subfamily:	Crocoideae
Tribe:	Watsonieae
Genus:	Thereianthus G.L. Lewis
Type species
Thereianthus spicatus (L.) G.J. Lewis

The genus name is derived from the Greek words thereios, meaning "summer", and anthos, meaning "flower".^[4]

Species^[1]

• Thereianthus bracteolatus (Lam.) G.J.Lewis
• Thereianthus bulbiferus Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
• Thereianthus elandsmontanus Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
• Thereianthus intermedius J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
• Thereianthus ixioides G.J.Lewis
• Thereianthus juncifolius (Baker) G.J.Lewis
• Thereianthus longicollis (Schltr.) G.J.Lewis
• Thereianthus minutus (Klatt) G.J.Lewis
• Thereianthus montanus J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
• Thereianthus racemosus (Klatt) G.J.Lewis
• Thereianthus spicatus (L.) G.J.Lewis

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
3. Manning, J.C. & Goldblatt, P. (2011). Taxonomic revision of the genus Thereianthus (Iridaceae: Crocoideae). Bothalia 41: 239-267.
4. Manning, John; Goldblatt, Peter (2008). The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. pp. 130–33. ISBN 978-0-88192-897-6.