Nivenia Explained

Nivenia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae first described as a genus in 1808. Species in the genus are restricted in distribution to an area in the Cape Province of South Africa.^[1]

The genus name is a tribute to the Scottish botanist James Niven (1774-1826), one of the first to collect the genus.^[2]

Species^[1]

• Nivenia argentea Goldblatt
• Nivenia binata Klatt
• Nivenia concinna N.E.Br - Viljoens Pass
• Nivenia corymbosa (Ker Gawl.) Baker
• Nivenia dispar N.E.Br - Olifantskloof
• Nivenia fruticosa (L.f.) Baker - Langeberg Mountains
• Nivenia inaequalis Goldblatt & J.C.Manning^[3]
• Nivenia levynsiae Weim.
• Nivenia parviflora Goldblatt
• Nivenia stenosiphon Goldblatt
• Nivenia stokoei (L.Guthrie) N.E.Br. - Caledon

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=323927 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Book: Manning, John . Goldblatt, Peter . The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification . Timber Press . Portland, Oregon. 105–108 . 2008. 978-0-88192-897-6.
3. Manning JC, Goldblatt P . 2007 . Nivenia argentea misunderstood, and the new species Nivenia inaequalis (Nivenioideae) . Bothalia . 37 . 2 . 192–96. 10.4102/abc.v37i2.315 . free .