Aristea is a genus of perennial, herbaceous and rhizomatous species of flowering plants in the iris family (Iridaceae). The genus include 56 species which are distributed in tropical and southern Africa, as well as Madagascar. The genus name is derived from the Greek word arista, meaning "awn".^[1]

Partial list of species

• Aristea abyssinica
• Aristea africana
• Aristea bakeri
• Aristea biflora
• Aristea capitata
• Aristea cantharophila
• Aristea corymbosa
• Aristea cyanea
• Aristea ecklonii
• Aristea gerrardii
• Aristea lugens
• Aristea macrocarpa
• Aristea oligocephala
• Aristea spiralis
• Aristea teretifolia
• Aristea thyrsiflora

References

Further reading

• Goldblatt,P. 1995. Notes on Aristea Aiton (Iridaceae: Nivenioideae): Taxonomy, Chromosome Cytology, and Phylogeny. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, Vol. 82, No. 1 (1995), pp. 139-145
• Goldblatt, P., Dold, A. P., Manning, J. C. 2005. Three cryptic new species of Aristea (Iridaceae) from southern Africa.. Bothalia 4:121-128.
• Goldblatt, P. John C. Manning and Roy E. Gereau. 2002. Nomenclatural Clarification in Aristea Section Racemosae (Iridaceae) in the Cape Flora of South Africa Novon, Vol. 12, No. 2 (Summer, 2002), pp. 190-195
• W. Marais. 1987. Notes on Aristea (Iridaceae) in East Africa. Kew Bulletin, Vol. 42, No. 4, p. 932

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