Thereianthus

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|image_caption = Thereianthus spicatus

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|taxon = Thereianthus

|authority = G.L. Lewis

|type_species = Thereianthus spicatus

|type_species_authority = (L.) G.J. Lewis

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Thereianthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, first described as a genus in 1941. The entire genus is endemic to Cape Province in South Africa.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=325240 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.Manning, J.C. & Goldblatt, P. (2011). Taxonomic revision of the genus Thereianthus (Iridaceae: Crocoideae). Bothalia 41: 239-267.

The genus name is derived from the Greek words thereios, meaning "summer", 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=130–33 |year=2008|isbn=978-0-88192-897-6}}

;Species

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• Thereianthus bracteolatus (Lam.) G.J.Lewis
• Thereianthus bulbiferus Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
• Thereianthus elandsmontanus Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
• Thereianthus intermedius J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
• Thereianthus ixioides G.J.Lewis
• Thereianthus juncifolius (Baker) G.J.Lewis
• Thereianthus longicollis (Schltr.) G.J.Lewis
• Thereianthus minutus (Klatt) G.J.Lewis
• Thereianthus montanus J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
• Thereianthus racemosus (Klatt) G.J.Lewis
• Thereianthus spicatus (L.) G.J.Lewis

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