Ferraria

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Ferraria undulata.png

|image_caption = Ferraria crispaCurtis, William The Botanical Magazine, Vol. 4

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|taxon = Ferraria

|authority = Burm. ex Mill.

|type_species = Ferraria crispa

|type_species_authority = Burm.

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Ferraria is a genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, native to tropical and southern Africa.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=328041 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families] They are herbaceous corm-bearing plants growing to 30–45 cm tall. Some species have an unpleasant scent similar to rotting meat and are pollinated by flies, while others have a pleasant scent. The genus name is a tribute to Italian Jesuit Botanist and botanical artist Giovanni Baptista Ferrari.{{cite book |author1=Manning, John |author2=Goldblatt, Peter |title=The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification |publisher=Timber Press |location=Portland, Oregon|pages=209–211 |year=2008|isbn=978-0-88192-897-6}}

Image:Ferraria uncinata.JPG They are grown as ornamental plants in gardens in subtropical regions.

; Species

• Ferraria brevifolia G.J.Lewis - Cape Province of South Africa
• Ferraria candelabrum (Baker) Rendle - Angola, Zambia
• Ferraria crispa Burm. (syn. F. undulata) - Cape Province; naturalized in Spain, Australia, Canary Islands, Madeira
• Ferraria densepunctulata M.P.de Vos - Cape Province
• Ferraria divaricata Sw. - Cape Province
• Ferraria ferrariola (Jacq.) Willd. - Cape Province
• Ferraria flava Goldblatt & J.C.Manning - Cape Province
• Ferraria foliosa G.J.Lewis - Cape Province
• Ferraria glutinosa (Baker) Rendle - from Cape Province north to Zaïre
• Ferraria macrochlamys (Baker) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning - Cape Province
• Ferraria ornata Goldblatt & J.C.Manning - Cape Province
• Ferraria ovata (Thunb.) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning - Cape Province
• Ferraria parva Goldblatt & J.C.Manning - Cape Province
• Ferraria schaeferi Dinter - Cape Province, Namibia
• Ferraria spithamaea (Baker) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning - Angola
• Ferraria uncinata Sweet - Cape Province
• Ferraria variabilis Goldblatt & J.C.Manning - Cape Province, Namibia
• Ferraria welwitschii Baker - Zaïre, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Angola