Ferraria is a genus of 11 species of monocotyledon

Monocotyledon

Monocotyledons, also known as monocots, are one of two major groups of flowering plants that are traditionally recognized, the other being dicotyledons, or dicots. Monocot seedlings typically have one cotyledon , in contrast to the two cotyledons typical of dicots...

ous flowering plant

Flowering plant

The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...

s in the family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 Iridaceae

Iridaceae

The Iris family or Iridaceae is a family of perennial, herbaceous and bulbous plants included in the monocot order Asparagales, taking its name from the genus Iris. Almost worldwide in distribution and one of the most important families in horticulture, it includes more than 2000 species...

, native to tropical and southern Africa

Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...

. They are herbaceous

Herbaceous

A herbaceous plant is a plant that has leaves and stems that die down at the end of the growing season to the soil level. They have no persistent woody stem above ground...

 corm

Corm

A corm is a short, vertical, swollen underground plant stem that serves as a storage organ used by some plants to survive winter or other adverse conditions such as summer drought and heat ....

-bearing plants growing to 30–45 cm tall. Some species have an unpleasant scent similar to rotting meat and are pollinated by flies

Fließ

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, while others have a pleasant scent. The genus name is a tribute to 15th century artist Giovanni Ferrari

Giovanni Ferrari

Giovanni Ferrari was an Italian football player. He played 125 times for Juventus F.C and scored 35 goals for the club...

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Selected species

• Ferraria brevifolia G.J.Lewis
• Ferraria crispa
  Ferraria crispa
  Ferraria crispa is a species of monocotyledonous flowering plant in the family Iridaceae. It is native to South Africa. In Australia it is commonly referred to as Black Flag....
  
  Burm. (syn. F. undulata)
• Ferraria densepunctulata M.P.de Vos
  Miriam Phoebe de Vos
  -External links:* from IPNI* from "calflora. net"* from "cliviasociety.org"...
  
  
• Ferraria divaricata Sw.
• Ferraria foliosa G.J.Lewis
• Ferraria glutinosa (Baker) Rendle
• Ferraria kamiesbergensis M.P.de Vos
• Ferraria schaeferi Dinter
  Kurt Dinter
  Moritz Kurt Dinter , was a German botanist and explorer in South West Africa.- Education and career :...
  
  
• Ferraria uncinata Sweet

They are grown as ornamental plant

Ornamental plant

Ornamental plants are plants that are grown for decorative purposes in gardens and landscape design projects, as house plants, for cut flowers and specimen display...

s in gardens in subtropical regions.