Genus Freesia Eckl. ex Klatt


Summary
Genus number:
4754
Last updated:
1 August 2025
Family:
Iridaceae
Subfamily:
Crocoideae
Tribe:
Freesieae
Accession count:

25 (1  active, 1  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
conserved (nom. cons.) against the heterotypic synonym (Madrid ICN Art. 14.4 & App. III) Anomatheca Ker Gawl., nom. rej.


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References:
  1. Brummitt, R. K. 1995. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 43. Taxon 44:610. Note: conservation proposal recommended
  2. Goldblatt, P. & J. C. Manning. 1993. (1084) Proposal to amend conserved Freesia by rejecting Anomatheca (Iridaceae). Taxon 42:891. Note: congeneric with Anomatheca Ker Gawl.
  3. Goldblatt, P. & J. C. Manning. 1995. Phylogeny of the African genera Anomatheca and Freesia (Iridaceae: Ixioideae), and a new genus Xenoscapa. Syst. Bot. 20:161-178. Note: congeneric with Anomatheca Ker Gawl.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=4754. Accessed 11 May 2026.