PLANTS Profile for Nemastylis geminiflora (prairie pleatleaf)

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PLANTS Profile

Nemastylis geminiflora Nutt.
prairie pleatleaf

Symbol:

NEGE

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Iridaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Forb/herb

L48

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Nemastylis geminiflora Nutt.

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Synonyms:
Nemastylis geminiflora Nutt.

	IXAC2	Ixia acuta Bartram, nom. illeg., non Ixia acuta Licht. ex Roem. & Schult.
	NEAC2	Nemastylis acuta Herb.

Distribution:
Nemastylis geminiflora Nutt.


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Related Taxa:
Nemastylis geminiflora Nutt.

View 28 genera in Iridaceae, 4 species in Nemastylis

Classification:
Nemastylis geminiflora Nutt.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Liliidae
Order	Liliales
Family	Iridaceae – Iris family
Genus	Nemastylis Nutt. – pleatleaf
Species	Nemastylis geminiflora Nutt. – prairie pleatleaf

More Accounts and Images:
Nemastylis geminiflora Nutt.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 503937.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 05/22/2013 12:02 PM CDT