Nivenia

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Nivenia corymbosa (2).jpg

|image_caption = Nivenia corymbosa

|taxon = Nivenia

|authority = Ventenat

|type_species = Nivenia corymbosa

|type_species_authority = (Ker Gawler) Baker

|synonyms_ref =

|synonyms =

• Genlisia Rchb.

}}

Nivenia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae first described as a genus in 1808. Species in the genus are restricted in distribution to an area in the Cape Province of South Africa.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=323927 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

The genus name is a tribute to the Scottish botanist James Niven (1774-1826), one of the first to collect the genus.{{cite book |author1=Manning, John |author2=Goldblatt, Peter |title=The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification |publisher=Timber Press |location=Portland, Oregon|pages=105–108 |year=2008|isbn=978-0-88192-897-6}}

; Species

• Nivenia argentea Goldblatt
• Nivenia binata Klatt
• Nivenia concinna N.E.Br - Viljoens Pass
• Nivenia corymbosa (Ker Gawl.) Baker
• Nivenia dispar N.E.Br - Olifantskloof
• Nivenia fruticosa (L.f.) Baker - Langeberg Mountains
• Nivenia inaequalis Goldblatt & J.C.Manning{{cite journal |vauthors=Manning JC, Goldblatt P |year=2007 |title=Nivenia argentea misunderstood, and the new species Nivenia inaequalis (Nivenioideae) |journal=Bothalia |volume=37 |issue=2 |pages=192–96|doi=10.4102/abc.v37i2.315 |doi-access=free }}
• Nivenia levynsiae Weim.
• Nivenia parviflora Goldblatt
• Nivenia stenosiphon Goldblatt
• Nivenia stokoei (L.Guthrie) N.E.Br. - Caledon