#iridaceae

• Antholyza — A former genus of bulbous plants in the family Iridaceae, native to South Africa, characterized by curved tubular flowers adapted for sunbird pollination. In modern taxonomy, the genus has been dismantled and its species reclassified into five main genera.
• Antholyza caffra — A historical scientific name and taxonomic synonym for Tritoniopsis caffra (or Chasmanthe caffra), a perennial cormous geophyte native to South Africa. It features narrow linear leaves and lax spikes of 12-20 tubular, bright scarlet-red flowers blooming from spring to summer.
• Antholyza cunonia — A historical scientific name and significant synonym for Gladiolus cunonius, a bulbous perennial plant in the family Iridaceae native to coastal South Africa, famous for its bright scarlet-red flowers with a hood-like upper tepal adapted for sunbird pollination.
• Aristea — A genus of herbaceous, perennial, and rhizomatous plants in the Iridaceae family, primarily native to tropical and southern regions of Africa, as well as Madagascar. The genus comprises around 50 species frequently cultivated as ornamental plants due to their ensiform (sword-shaped) leaves grouped in dense rosettes and spectacular inflorescences with intense blue flowers, a hue rarely encountered in the plant kingdom, which usually open for a single day.
• Aristea corymbosa — Scientific name for a rare and robust shrubby species of perennial plants in the Iridaceae family, native to the mountainous regions of South Africa. This plant is particularly spectacular due to its woody stems, fan-shaped leaves, and dense corymb-like inflorescences that produce intense blue flowers, being cultivated worldwide as a collectible ornamental plant.
• Babiana — Babiana; a genus of herbaceous, perennial, bulbous plants in the family Iridaceae, mostly native to South Africa. These structural plants are cultivated globally for ornamental purposes due to their spectacular funnel-shaped flowers, brightly colored in shades of blue, purple, magenta, or yellow, featuring a delicate lemon-like fragrance.
• Babiana plicata — A species of herbaceous, bulbous plant in the genus Babiana (family Iridaceae), endemic to the Mediterranean climate regions of South Africa; it is structurally distinguished by its strongly longitudinally pleated leaves and fine aromatic hairs, as well as its fragrant funnel-shaped flowers, usually colored in pale shades of blue, mauve, or cream, with distinct markings on the petals.
• Babiana stricta — The most well-known and cultivated species in the genus Babiana (family Iridaceae), a geophytic plant native to the South-Western Cape region; it is structurally characterized by rigid, erect stems, pleated lanceolate leaves, and dense inflorescences consisting of intense blue-violet or purple flowers, highly valued in global horticulture as decorative plants.