Micranthus

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Micranthus alopecuroides flowers.jpg

|image_caption = Micranthus alopecuroides flowers

|display_parents = 2

|taxon = Micranthus

|authority = (Pers.) Eckl.

|type_species = Micranthus alopecuroides

|type_species_authority = (L.) Eckl.

|synonyms =

• Beilia Eckl. ex Kuntze
• Paulomagnusia Kuntze

|synonyms_ref =

}}

Micranthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae. The entire genus is endemic to Cape Province in South Africa.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=323695 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]{{citation |author=Goldblatt, P. |author2=Manning, J.C. |author3=Gereau, R.E. |name-list-style=amp |year=2013 |title=The Cape genus Micranthus (Iridaceae: Crocoideae), nomenclature and taxonomy |url=http://abcjournal.org/index.php/ABC/article/viewFile/90/90 |journal=Botanica Australis |volume=43 |pages=127–144}}

The genus name is derived from the Greek words micro, meaning "small", 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=133–35 |year=2008|isbn=978-0-88192-897-6}}

; Species

• Micranthus alopecuroides (L.) Eckl., Topogr. Verz. Pflanzensamml. Ecklon: 43 (1827)
• Micranthus plantagineus Eckl., Topogr. Verz. Pflanzensamml. Ecklon: 43 (1827)
• Micranthus tubulosus (Burm.f.) N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1929: 133 (1929)