Radinosiphon
{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
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|image_caption = Radinosiphon leptostachya
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|taxon = Radinosiphon
|authority = N.E.Br.
|type_species = Radinosiphon leptostachya
|type_species_authority = (Baker) N.E.Br.
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Radinosiphon is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae first described as a genus in 1932. It is native to southern + southeastern Africa.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=322985 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
The genus name is derived from the Greek words radinosus, meaning "slender", and siphon, meaning "tube".{{cite book |author1=Manning, John |author2=Goldblatt, Peter |title=The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification |publisher=Timber Press |location=Portland, Oregon|pages=91–93 |year=2008|isbn=978-0-88192-897-6}}
; Species
- Radinosiphon leptostachya (Baker) N.E.Br., Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 20: 263 (1932) - Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, northeastern South Africa
- Radinosiphon lomatensis (N.E.Br.) N.E.Br., Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 20: 263 (1932) - Mpumalanga Province in South Africa
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Category:Flora of the Afrotropical realm
Category:Taxa named by N. E. Brown
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