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Hesperantha

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|image = Hesperantha coccinea-001.jpg

|image_caption = Hesperantha coccinea

|display_parents = 2

|taxon = Hesperantha

|authority = Ker Gawl.

|type_species = Hesperantha falcata

|type_species_authority = (L.f.) Ker Gawl.

|synonyms_ref =

|synonyms = *Hesperanthus Salisb.

  • Schizostylis Backh. & Harv.

}}

Hesperantha is a genus of cormous flowering plants in the family Iridaceae. The genus name is derived from the Greek words hesperos, meaning "evening", and anthos, meaning "flower".{{cite book |author1=Manning, John |author2=Goldblatt, Peter |title=The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification |publisher=Timber Press |location=Portland, Oregon|pages=172–75 |year=2008|isbn=978-0-88192-897-6}}

There are approximately 79 species, mostly native to southern Africa, but with four species reaching tropical Africa. All except one grow from corms.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=321229 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]{{Citation needed|date=January 2015}}

The synonym Schizostylis is widely used in British horticulture for the single rhizomatous species S. coccinea, widely cultivated as a garden flower, and with numerous cultivars.{{cite book|title=RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants|year=2008|publisher=Dorling Kindersley|location=United Kingdom|isbn=978-1405332965|pages=1136}} Common names include scarlet river lily, kaffir lily and crimson flag. [http://pza.sanbi.org/hesperantha-coccinea]

Species

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Category:Iridaceae genera

Category:Iridaceae

Category:Flora of the Afrotropical realm

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