Nivenioideae Explained

Nivenioideae is a subfamily of flowering plants and one of the six subfamilies in the family Iridaceae. It contains three genera,[1] from South Africa which are the only true shrubs in the family (Klattia, Nivenia and Witsenia),[2] It previously included Aristea, Patersonia and also Geosiris, which are now each placed in their own monotypic subfamily.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Family: Iridaceae Juss., nom. cons. . npgsweb.ars-grin.gov (Germplasm Resources Information Network) . 26 October 2016.
  2. John C. . Manning . Peter . Goldblatt . Systematic and phylogenetic significance of the seed coat in the shrubby African Iridaceae, Nivenia, Klattia and Witsenia . December 1991 . Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society . 107 . 4 . 387–404 . 10.1111/j.1095-8339.1991.tb00229.x .
  3. Reeves . G . Chase . MW . Goldblatt . P . Rudall . P . Fay . MF . Cox . AV . Lejeune . B . Souza-Chies . T . Molecular systematics of Iridaceae: evidence from four plastid DNA regions . 21669639 . American Journal of Botany (Am J Bot.) . November 2001 . 88 . 88 . 2074–87 .
  4. Goldblatt. Peter. Rodriguez. Aaron. Powell. M. P.. Davies. Jonathan T.. Manning. John C.. van der Bank. M.. Savolainen. Vincent. Iridaceae 'Out of Australasia'? Phylogeny, Biogeography, and Divergence Time Based on Plastid DNA Sequences. Systematic Botany. 33. 3. 2008. 495–508. 0363-6445. 10.1600/036364408785679806. 2020-01-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304191342/https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/~davies/pdfs/Goldblatt%20et%20al.%202008.pdf. 2016-03-04. dead.

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