Caesia
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Caesia is a genus of herbs in the family Hemerocallidaceae
, native to Australia
, New Guinea
and Southern Africa
. The mostly 3-lobed seed capsules contain rounded black seeds.
Species include
Hemerocallidaceae
Hemerocallidoideae is the botanical name of a subfamily of flowering plants, part of the family Xanthorrhoeaceae sensu lato in the monocot order Asparagales according to the APG system of 2009. Earlier classification systems treated the group as a separate family, the Hemerocallidaceae. The name...
, native to Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, New Guinea
New Guinea
New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...
and Southern Africa
Southern Africa
Southern Africa is the southernmost region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics. Within the region are numerous territories, including the Republic of South Africa ; nowadays, the simpler term South Africa is generally reserved for the country in English.-UN...
. The mostly 3-lobed seed capsules contain rounded black seeds.
Species include
- Caesia alpina Hook.f. - Alpine Grass-Lily
- Caesia calliantha R.J.F.Hend. - Blue Grass-Lily
- Caesia chlorantha F.Muell.
- Caesia micrantha Lindl.
- Caesia occidentalis R.Br.
- Caesia parvifloraCaesia parvifloraCaesia parviflora, the Pale Grass Lily is a common small plant found in many parts of Australia.A small plant up to 50 cm tall, found in heath, woodland and dry sclerophyll forest, usually near grasses. Often on sandstone based soils. The lily type flower is about 12mm wide and bears three grey or...
R.Br. - Pale Grass-Lily - Caesia rigidifolia F.Muell.
- Caesia setifera Baker
- Caesia viscida Keighery