Nivenia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Iridaceae
Subfamilia: Nivenioideae
Genus: Nivenia
Species: N. argentea – N. binata – N. concinna – N. corymbosa – N. dispar – N. fruticosa – N. inaequalis – N. levynsiae – N. parviflora – N. stenosiphon – N. stokoei
Name

Nivenia Vent., Dec. Gen. Nov.: 3 (1808)

Type species: Nivenia corymbosa (Ker Gawl.) Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 109 (1877)

Synonyms

== Homonyms ==
Nivenia R. Br. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 10(1): 133. 1811[1810] nom. illeg. hom. correct combination Paranomus Proteaceae
Homotypic
Genlisia Rchb., Consp. Regn. Veg.: 60 (1828), nom. superfl.

References

Ventenat, E.P. (1808) Decas Generum Novorum 5.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Nivenia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Nov. 28. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2015. Nivenia. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 28 2015.
Tropicos.org 2015. Nivenia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Nov. 28.

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]

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

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Manning, John; Goldblatt, Peter (2008). The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. pp. 105–108. ISBN 0-88192-897-6.
Manning JC, Goldblatt P (2007). "Nivenia argentea misunderstood, and the new species Nivenia inaequalis (Nivenioideae)". Bothalia. 37 (2): 192–96.