Xenoscapa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Iridaceae |
Subfamily: | Crocoideae |
Tribe: | Freesieae |
Genus: | Xenoscapa (Goldblatt) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning.[1] |
Type species | |
Xenoscapa fistulosa (Sprengel ex Klatt) Goldblatt & J.C. Manning
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Xenoscapa is a genus of herbaceous, perennial and bulbous plants in the family Iridaceae. It consists of only three species distributed in Africa, and is closely related to the genera Freesia.[2][3] The genus name is derived from the Greek words xenos, meaning "strange", and scapa, meaning "flowering stem".[4]