Ferraria

Ferraria
Ferraria crispa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Iridaceae
Subfamily:	Iridoideae
Tribe:	Irideae
Genus:	Ferraria Burm. ex Mill.
Type species
Ferraria crispa Burm.

Ferraria is a genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, native to tropical and southern Africa. They are herbaceous corm-bearing plants growing to 30–45 cm tall. Some species have an unpleasant scent similar to rotting meat and are pollinated by flies, while others have a pleasant scent. The genus name is a tribute to Italian Jesuit Botanist and botanical artist Giovanni Baptista Ferrari.

They are grown as ornamental plants in gardens in subtropical regions.

Species

• Ferraria brevifolia G.J.Lewis - Cape Province of South Africa
• Ferraria candelabrum (Baker) Rendle - Angola, Zambia
• Ferraria crispa Burm. (syn. F. undulata) - Cape Province; naturalized in Spain, Australia, Canary Islands, Madeira
• Ferraria densepunctulata M.P.de Vos - Cape Province
• Ferraria divaricata Sw. - Cape Province
• Ferraria ferrariola (Jacq.) Willd. - Cape Province
• Ferraria flava Goldblatt & J.C.Manning - Cape Province
• Ferraria foliosa G.J.Lewis - Cape Province
• Ferraria glutinosa (Baker) Rendle - from Cape Province north to Zaïre
• Ferraria macrochlamys (Baker) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning - Cape Province
• Ferraria ornata Goldblatt & J.C.Manning - Cape Province
• Ferraria ovata (Thunb.) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning - Cape Province
• Ferraria parva Goldblatt & J.C.Manning - Cape Province
• Ferraria schaeferi Dinter - Cape Province, Namibia
• Ferraria spithamaea (Baker) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning - Angola
• Ferraria uncinata Sweet - Cape Province
• Ferraria variabilis Goldblatt & J.C.Manning - Cape Province, Namibia
• Ferraria welwitschii Baker - Zaïre, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Angola

Other sources

• Biodiversity South Africa: Ferraria
• UNEP-WCMC Species Database: Ferraria
• Germplasm Resources Information Network: Ferraria^{[link removed]}
• Namibia Biodiversity Database: Ferraria
• Flora of Zimbabwe: Ferraria

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