Iridaceae
Aristea

Aristea abyssinica Pax

First published in Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1891: 173 (1892)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa. It is a rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Descriptions

Iridaceae, P. Goldblatt. Flora Zambesiaca 12:4. 1993

Morphology General Habit
Plants 12–25(50) cm high.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves several, usually about half as long as the stem, 2–5(8) mm wide, linear to narrowly lanceolate, all basal except for one leaf (rarely 2) near the stem apex, this 3–5 cm long.
Morphology Stem
Stem laterally compressed and broadly winged, 2–4 mm wide, unbranched or with a short subapical and often axillary branch subtended by a short subapical leaf.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flower clusters 1–2(3), terminal or subterminal, nearly sessile, 4-flowered; spathes 8–10 mm long, broadly lanceolate, scarious with herbaceous keels, margins entire in bud, becoming lacerate; floral bracts similar, entirely scarious. Flowers blue, more or less sessile.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Tepal
Tepals 10–12 × 6–7 mm, obovate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Filaments c. 4 mm long, anthers 1.5–2 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
Style c. 5 mm long, apex 3-fid.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsules 7–9 mm long, ovoid-obovoid, more or less sessile or on short pedicels up to 4 mm long.
[FZ]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0