Pillansia Explained

Pillansia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, first described as a genus in 1914. It contains only one known species, Pillansia templemannii, endemic to Cape Province in South Africa.^{[1] [2] [3]}

The genus name is a tribute to the South African botanist Neville Stuart Pillans, who brought the species to the attention of Harriet Margaret Louisa Bolus.^[4]

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=324238 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Innes, C. (1985). The World of Iridaceae: 1-407. Holly Gare International Ltd., Ashington.
3. Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
4. Book: Manning, John . Goldblatt, Peter . The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification . Timber Press . Portland, Oregon. 127–30 . 2008. 978-0-88192-897-6.