List of the IXIA species.
A revision completed in 1999 with some newly discovered species and some changes now bring this species list up to date.
Take a look at the diversity of the Ixia species in the Photo Gallery , or, check out the Ixia Species Description Index Page
Please note a few changes within the revision as well as some additions as listed here and in the full list below:
Now sunk into Ixia lutea
Also, this excerpt from Miriam de Vos from her revision states:
A new species, Ixia aurea was described (Goldblatt & Manning) while the manuscript of this volume was being prepared for publication and the author decided to include it in the treatment
Ixia (IRIDACEAE) From the Greek ixos, mistletoe (viscum), birdlime; referring to the viscous sap.
Plants with a corm covered with fibrous tunics. Leaves are in two erect ranks, deciduous. Inflorescence is simple or branched in a dense or loose spike. Stems are thin and wiry. The flowers have a long or short perianth tube and more or less equal spreading segments. Fruit is a capsule of small, brown, angled seeds.
The name Ixia is derived from an old Greek name for a plant noted for the variability of its coloring. Several species are commonly known as klossies or kalossies, and a few as koring-blommetjies
