The resurrection flower is a rare new species that's emerged in SA. Named the Moraea Anastasia, it’s a delicate bloom that's got botanists abuzz.
Hailed as a 'botanical miracle, the critically endangered species emerged in an area previously dominated by forestry ...
One of more than 1,200 indigenous Iridaceae (Iris family) species in southern Africa, it was discovered by botanist Dr Brian du Preez, a Smuts Fellowship post-doctoral student at UCT. Du Preez had ...
The Iris, also known as, genus Iridaceae, is the official state cultivated flower, according to the state government. The act that defined the Iris as the Tennessee state flower failed to mention ...
The dichloromethane extract prepared from the underground parts of Eleutherine bulbosa (Miller) Urban (Iridaceae) showed strong activity in the direct bioautography assay with the phytopathogenic ...
There are several ongoing studies at Kew on the evolution of pollination systems in Iridaceae, but also in other plant groups. One of these studies is focusing on the Iridaceae genus Tritoniopsis, a ...