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Genus: Geissorhiza Life
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> Family: Iridaceae
The 100 species are endemic to South Africa,
found mainly in the Western Cape but also in Northern and Eastern Cape.
Most of the species are pollinated by generalist
pollinators such as bees and monkey
beetles (Hopliini). The pale pink, long-tubed flowers are pollinated by
long-proboscid flies (Tabanidae
and Nemestrinidae) (Goldblatt & Manning 2000).
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
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Geissorhiza alticola
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Geissorhiza altimontana
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Geissorhiza arenicola
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Geissorhiza aspera
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Geissorhiza barkerae
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Geissorhiza bolusii
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Geissorhiza bonaspei
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Geissorhiza bracteata
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Geissorhiza brevituba
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Geissorhiza brehmii
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Geissorhiza bryicola
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Geissorhiza burchellii
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Geissorhiza callista
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Geissorhiza cantharophila
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Geissorhiza cataractarum
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Geissorhiza cedarmontana
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Geissorhiza ciliatula
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Geissorhiza confusa
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Geissorhiza corrugata
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Geissorhiza darlingensis
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Geissorhiza delicatula
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Geissorhiza demissa
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Geissorhiza divaricata |
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Geissorhiza elsiae |
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Geissorhiza erosa |
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Geissorhiza erubescens |
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Geissorhiza esterhuyseniae |
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Geissorhiza eurystigma
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Geissorhiza exilis |
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Geissorhiza exscapa |
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Geissorhiza foliosa |
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Geissorhiza fourcadei |
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Geissorhiza furva |
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Geissorhiza geminata |
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Geissorhiza grandiflora |
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Geissorhiza helmei |
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Geissorhiza hesperanthoides |
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Geissorhiza heterostyla |
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Geissorhiza hispidula
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Geissorhiza humilis |
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Geissorhiza imbricata |
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Geissorhiza inaequalis |
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Geissorhiza inconspicua |
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Geissorhiza inflexa
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Geissorhiza intermedia |
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Geissorhiza juncea |
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Geissorhiza kamiesmontana |
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Geissorhiza karooica |
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Geissorhiza lapidosa |
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Geissorhiza leipoldtii |
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Geissorhiza lewisiae |
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Geissorhiza lithicola |
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Geissorhiza longifolia |
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Geissorhiza louisabolusiae |
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Geissorhiza malmesburiensis |
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Geissorhiza mathewsii |
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Geissorhiza minuta |
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Geissorhiza monanthos
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Geissorhiza monticola |
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Geissorhiza namaquensis |
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Geissorhiza nana |
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Geissorhiza nigromontana |
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Geissorhiza nubigena |
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Geissorhiza ornithogaloides |
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Geissorhiza ornithogaloides |
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Geissorhiza outeniquensis |
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Geissorhiza ovalifolia |
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Geissorhiza ovata
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Geissorhiza pappei |
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Geissorhiza parva |
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Geissorhiza platystigma |
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Geissorhiza pseudinaequalis |
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Geissorhiza purpurascens |
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Geissorhiza purpureolutea
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Geissorhiza pusilla |
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Geissorhiza radians
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Geissorhiza ramosa |
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Geissorhiza reclinata |
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Geissorhiza roseoalba |
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Geissorhiza rupicola |
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Geissorhiza saxicola |
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Geissorhiza schinzii |
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Geissorhiza scillaris |
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Geissorhiza scopulosa |
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Geissorhiza setacea |
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Geissorhiza silenoides |
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Geissorhiza similis |
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Geissorhiza spiralis |
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Geissorhiza splendidissima
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Geissorhiza stenosiphon |
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Geissorhiza subrigida |
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Geissorhiza sufflava |
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Geissorhiza sulphurascens |
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Geissorhiza tabularis |
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Geissorhiza tenella |
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Geissorhiza tricolor |
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Geissorhiza tulbaghensis
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Geissorhiza uliginosa |
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Geissorhiza umbrosa |
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Geissorhiza unifolia |
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Publications
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Goldblatt, P. 1985. Revision of the southern
African genus Geissorhiza (Iridaceae: Ixioideae). Annals of the
Missouri Botanical Garden 72: 277-447.
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Goldblatt, P. & Manning, J.C. 2000.
Iridaceae. In: In: Seed Plants of
Southern Africa (ed. O.A. Leistner). Strelitzia 10: 623-638.
National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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