Overview
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Babiana Ker Gawler is a genus of in the Family Iridaceae comprised of about 80 species. Most of these species (about 49) are found in the southwestern Cape of Africa, with the remainder distributed in Namaqualand and Northern Cape Province. The native range of the genus is from southern Namibia to the Eastern Cape to southern Zimbabwe, with one species from Socotra off the coast of Somalia (although this may not be a species of Babiana).
Selected Species
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- Babiana ambigua - Common Baboon-root
- Babiana angustifolia
- Babiana curviscapa
- Babiana disticha
- Babiana flabellifolia
- Babiana fourcadei
- Babiana framesii
- Babiana longicollis
- Babiana montana
- Babiana nana - Sandflat Baboon-root
- Babiana patersoniae
- Babiana patula
- Babiana plicata
- Babiana purpurea
- Babiana pygmaea - Yellow Baboon-root
- Babiana ringens - Rat's-tail
- Babiana rubrocyanea
- Babiana stricta - common Babiana, Baboon flower
- Babiana socotrana
- Babiana truncata
- Babiana tubulosa - White Baboon-root
- Babiana vanzylieae
- Babiana villosa
Taxonomy
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The Genus Babiana is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 166 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Genus Babiana: B. 'Blue Gem' · B. 'Laura' · B. 'Purple Star' · B. 'White King' · B. 'Zwanenburg's Glory' · B. adpressa · B. ambigua · B. angusta · B. angustifolia (Baboon Flower) · B. arenicola · B. atrocyanea · B. atrodeltoidea · B. attenuata · B. auriculata · B. bainesii · B. bakeri · B. blanda · B. brachystachys · B. buchubergensis · B. caerulescens · B. caesia · B. carminea · B. cedarbergensis (Baboon Flower) · B. cinnamomea · B. confusa · B. crispa · B. cuneata · B. cuneifolia · B. curviscapa · B. densiflora · B. disticha · B. dregei · B. ecklonii · B. engysiphon · B. erectifolia · B. falcata · B. fastigiata · B. fimbriata · B. flabellifolia · B. flavida · B. flavocaesia · B. foliosa · B. fourcadei · B. fragrans · B. framesii · B. framesii var. kamiesbergensis · B. gariepensis · B. gawleri · B. geniculata · B. gladiola · B. grandiflora · B. hiemalis · B. horizontalis · B. hybrids · B. hypogaea · B. hypogea · B. inclinata · B. intermedia · B. karooica · B. klaverensis · B. lanata · B. lapeirousioides · B. lata · B. latifolia · B. leipoldtii · B. lewisiana · B. lilacina · B. lineolata · B. lobata · B. longibracteata · B. longicollis · B. longiflora · B. macrantha · B. maculata · B. melanops · B. minuta · B. mononeura · B. montana · B. mucronata · B. mucronata subsp. minor · B. mucronata var. minor · B. multiflora · B. namaquensis · B. nana (Baboon Flower) · B. nana subsp. maculata · B. nana var. confusa · B. nervosa · B. noctiflora · B. obliqua · B. obtusifolia · B. occidentalis · B. odorata · B. orthosantha · B. papyracea · B. parviflora · B. patersoniae · B. patula · B. pauciflora · B. petiolata · B. pilosa · B. planifolia · B. plicata · B. praemorsa · B. pubescens · B. pulchra · B. punctata · B. punicea · B. purpurea · B. pygmaea · B. quadripartita · B. radiata · B. reflexa · B. regia · B. rigidifolia · B. ringens (Baboon Flower) · B. rosea · B. rubella · B. rubro-coerulea · B. rubro-cyanea · B. rubrocyanea · B. salteri · B. sambucina · B. sambucina subsp. longibracteata · B. sambucina var. unguiculata · B. scabra · B. scabrifolia · B. scabrifolia var. declinata · B. scariosa · B. schlechteri · B. secunda · B. sinuata · B. socotrana · B. spathacea · B. spiralis · B. sprengelii · B. stellata · B. stenomera · B. stenophylla · B. striata · B. stricta (Baboon Flower) · B. stricta 'Purple Star' · B. stricta 'Tubergen's Blue' · B. stricta var. erectifolia · B. stricta var. regia · B. stricta var. sulphurea · B. subglabra · B. sulphurea · B. tanquana · B. tenuiflora · B. thunbergii · B. torta · B. toximontana · B. tritonioides · B. truncata · B. tubata · B. tubiflora · B. tubulosa · B. tubulosa var. tubiflora · B. undulato-venosa · B. unguiculata · B. vanzijliae · B. vanzyliae (Baboon Flower) · B. velutina · B. villosa (Baboon Flower) · B. villosula · B. virginea
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