Ixianthes is a genus of flowering plants in the family Stilbaceae described as a genus in 1836.[1][2]
Ixianthes | |
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Ixianthes retzioides, flower | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Stilbaceae |
Genus: | Ixianthes Benth. |
Species: | I. retzioides
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Binomial name | |
Ixianthes retzioides Benth.
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There is only one known species, Ixianthes retzioides, native to Western Cape Province in South Africa.[2][3][4]
References
edit- ^ Bentham, George 1836. Companion to the Botanical Magazine. London 2: 53-54.
- ^ a b Tropicos, Ixianthes Benth. descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
- ^ The Plant List, Ixianthes retzioides Benth.
- ^ Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).