Genus Aristea
Aristea (Aiton, in Hort. Kew. 1: 67 (1789)).
ARISTEA (name refers to the stiff leaf-points). Iridaceae. Mostly blue-flowered spring- or summer-blooming greenhouse herbs or sub-shrubs, and grown in the open far south. Leaves distichous in basal rosettes, those on the stems alternate: flowers clustered in spikes, not lasting; the perianth with a short tube and oblong, spreading, nearly equal segms. that twist up spirally after flowering; stamens short-stalked, borne on the throat of perianth-tube: fr. an oblong or cylindrical 3-valved caps. About 30 species in Afr. Of easy cult. Prop, by seeds and division. Not showy. --
Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, 1917
Accepted species include
- Aristea abyssinica Pax, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1891: 173 (1892).
- Aristea africana (L.) Hoffmanns., Verz. Pfl.-Kult.: 40 (1824).
- Aristea alata Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 405 (1885).
- Aristea anceps Eckl. ex Klatt, Linnaea 34: 550 (1866).
- Aristea angolensis Baker, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 1: 270 (1878)
- Aristea angolensis subsp. acutivalvis Weim., Acta Univ. Lund., n.s., 36(1): 20 (1940).
- Aristea angolensis subsp. angolensis.
- Aristea angolensis subsp. majubensis (Baker) Weim., Acta Univ. Lund., n.s., 36(1): 21 (1940).
- Aristea angolensis subsp. pulchella Weim., Acta Univ. Lund., n.s., 36(1): 22 (1940).
- Aristea angustifolia Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 269 (1883).
- Aristea bakeri Klatt in T.A.Durand & H.Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 169 (1894).
- Aristea biflora Weim., Acta Univ. Lund., n.s., 36(1): 54 (1940)
- Aristea cantharophila Goldblatt & J.C.Manning, Novon 7: 138 (1997).
- Aristea capitata (L.) Ker Gawl., Bot. Mag. 17: t. 605 (1802).
- Aristea cistiflora J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, Bothalia 35: 5 (2005).
- Aristea cladocarpa Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 268 (1883).
- Aristea compressa Buchinger ex Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 111 (1877).
- Aristea cuspidata Schinz, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1906: 25 (1906).
- Aristea dichotoma (Thunb.) Ker Gawl., Irid. Gen.: 13 (1827).
- Aristea djalonis Hutch., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1939: 246 (1939).
- Aristea ecklonii Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 112 (1877).
- Aristea elliptica Goldblatt & A.P.Dold, Bothalia 35: 3 (2005).
- Aristea ensifolia J.Muir, Ann. Bolus Herb. 3: 139 (1922).
- Aristea fimbriata Goldblatt & J.C.Manning, Novon 7: 361 (1997 publ. 1998).
- Aristea flexicaulis Baker, Handb. Irid.: 143 (1892)
- Aristea galpinii N.E.Br. ex Weim., Acta Univ. Lund., n.s., 36(1): 26 (1940).
- Aristea gerrardii Weim., Acta Univ. Lund., n.s., 36(1): 17 (1940).
- Aristea glauca Klatt, Abh. Naturf. Ges. Halle 15: 381 (1882).
- Aristea goetzei Harms, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 364 (1900).
- Aristea grandis Weim., Acta Univ. Lund., n.s., 36(1): 30 (1940).
- Aristea humbertii H.Perrier, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 8: 130 (1939).
- Aristea inaequalis Goldblatt & J.C.Manning, Novon 7: 357 (1997 publ. 1998).
- Aristea juncifolia Eckl. ex Baker, J. Bot. 14: 267 (1876).
- Aristea kitchingii Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 269 (1883).
- Aristea latifolia G.J.Lewis, Ann. S. African Mus. 40: 9 (1952).
- Aristea lugens (L.f.) Weim., Acta Univ. Lund., 2 36(1): 56 (1940).
- Aristea madagascariensis Baker, J. Bot. 14: 267 (1876).
- Aristea montana Baker in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 6: 49 (1896).
- Aristea monticola Goldblatt, J. S. African Bot. 37: 234 (1971).
- Aristea nana Goldblatt & J.C.Manning, Bothalia 35: 1 (2005).
- Aristea nigrescens J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, Bothalia 37: 189 (2007).
- Aristea nyikensis Baker, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1897: 281 (1897).
- Aristea oligocephala Baker, Handb. Irid.: 144 (1892).
- Aristea palustris Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 27: 96 (1899).
- Aristea pauciflora Wolley-Dod, J. Bot. 38: 171 (1900).
- Aristea platycaulis Baker, Gard. Chron. 1887(1): 732 (1887).
- Aristea polycephala Harms, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 365 (1900).
- Aristea pusilla (Thunb.) Ker Gawl., Ann. Bot. (König & Sims) 1: 236 (1804).
- Aristea racemosa Baker, J. Bot. 14: 267 (1876).
- Aristea racemosa var. inflata Weim., Acta Univ. Lund., n.s., 36(1): 80 (1940).
- Aristea racemosa var. racemosa.
- Aristea ranomafana Goldblatt, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 17: 160 (1995).
- Aristea recisa Weim., Acta Univ. Lund., n.s., 36(1): 101 (1940).
- Aristea rigidifolia G.J.Lewis, Acta Univ. Lund., n.s., 36(1): 81 (1940).
- Aristea rupicola Goldblatt & J.C.Manning, Novon 7: 360 (1997 publ. 1998).
- Aristea schizolaena Harv. ex Baker, J. Bot. 14: 267 (1876).
- Aristea simplex Weim., Acta Univ. Lund., n.s., 36(1): 64 (1940).
- Aristea singularis Weim., Acta Univ. Lund., n.s., 36(1): 12 (1940).
- Aristea spiralis (L.f.) Ker Gawl., Ann. Bot. (König & Sims) 1: 236 (1804).
- Aristea teretifolia Goldblatt & J.C.Manning, Novon 7: 141 (1997).
- Aristea torulosa Klatt, Abh. Naturf. Ges. Halle 15: 382 (1882).
- Aristea zeyheri Baker, Handb. Irid.: 143 (1892).
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