Ferraria

Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Ferraria

Ferraria crispa[1]
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.[2] 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.[3]

Ferraria uncinata

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

Species[2]

* 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

## References

1. ↑ Curtis, William The Botanical Magazine, Vol. 4
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. ↑ Manning, John; Goldblatt, Peter (2008). The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. pp. 209–211. ISBN 978-0-88192-897-6.

## Other sources

* Biodiversity South Africa: Ferraria
* UNEP-WCMC Species Database: Ferraria
* Germplasm Resources Information Network: Ferraria
* Namibia Biodiversity Database: Ferraria
* Flora of Zimbabwe: Ferraria

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