Nivenioideae

Nivenioideae
Klattia stokoei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Subfamily: Nivenioideae
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Genera

Nivenioideae is a subfamily of flowering plants and one of the six subfamilies in the family Iridaceae. It contains three genera, from South Africa which are the only true shrubs in the family (Klattia, Nivenia and Witsenia), It previously included Aristea, Patersonia and also Geosiris, which are now each placed in their own monotypic subfamily.

References

  1. ↑ "Family: Iridaceae Juss., nom. cons". npgsweb.ars-grin.gov (Germplasm Resources Information Network). Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  2. ↑ Manning, John C.; Goldblatt, Peter (December 1991). "Systematic and phylogenetic significance of the seed coat in the shrubby African Iridaceae, Nivenia, Klattia and Witsenia". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 107 (4): 387–404. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1991.tb00229.x.
  3. ↑ Reeves, G; Chase, MW; Goldblatt, P; Rudall, P; Fay, MF; Cox, AV; Lejeune, B; Souza-Chies, T (November 2001). "Molecular systematics of Iridaceae: evidence from four plastid DNA regions". American Journal of Botany. 88 (88): 2074–87. doi:10.2307/3558433. JSTOR 3558433. PMID 21669639.
  4. ↑ Goldblatt, Peter; Rodriguez, Aaron; Powell, M. P.; Davies, Jonathan T.; Manning, John C.; van der Bank, M.; Savolainen, Vincent (2008). "Iridaceae 'Out of Australasia'? Phylogeny, Biogeography, and Divergence Time Based on Plastid DNA Sequences" (PDF). Systematic Botany. 33 (3): 495–508. doi:10.1600/036364408785679806. ISSN 0363-6445. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2020-01-16.