Aristea is a genus of evergreen, perennial and rhizomatous species of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, first described in 1789. The genus is distributed in tropical and southern Africa, as well as Madagascar. The genus name is derived from the Greek word arista, meaning "awn". Species Aristea abyssinica Pax Aristea africana (L.) Hoffmanns. Aristea alata Baker Aristea anceps Eckl. ex Klatt Aristea angolensis Baker Aristea angustifolia Baker Aristea bakeri Klatt Aristea bequaertii De Wild. Aristea biflora Weim. Aristea cantharophila Goldblatt & J.C.Manning Aristea capitata (L.) Ker Gawl. Aristea cistiflora J.C.Manning & Goldblatt Aristea cladocarpa Baker Aristea compressa Buchinger ex Baker Aristea cuspidata Schinz Aristea dichotoma (Thunb.) Ker Gawl. Aristea djalonis A.Chev. ex Hutch. Aristea ecklonii Baker Aristea elliptica Goldblatt & A.P.Dold Aristea ensifolia J.Muir Aristea fimbriata Goldblatt & J.C.Manning Aristea flexicaulis Baker Aristea galpinii N.E.Br. ex Weim. Aristea glauca Klatt Aristea goetzei Harms Aristea grandis Weim. Aristea humbertii H.Perrier Aristea inaequalis Goldblatt & J.C.Manning Aristea juncifolia Eckl. ex Baker Aristea kitchingii Baker Aristea latifolia G.J.Lewis Aristea lugens (L.f.) Steud. Aristea madagascariensis Baker Aristea montana Baker Aristea monticola Goldblatt Aristea nana Goldblatt & J.C.Manning Aristea nigrescens J.C.Manning & Goldblatt Aristea nyikensis Baker Aristea oligocephala Baker Aristea palustris Schltr. Aristea parviflora Baker Aristea pauciflora Wolley-Dod Aristea platycaulis Baker Aristea polycephala Harms Aristea pusilla (Thunb.) Ker Gawl. Aristea racemosa Baker Aristea ranomafana Goldblatt Aristea recisa Weim. Aristea rigidifolia G.J.Lewis Aristea rupicola Goldblatt & J.C.Manning Aristea schizolaena Harv. ex Baker Aristea simplex Weim. Aristea singularis Weim. Aristea spiralis (L.f.) Ker Gawl. Aristea teretifolia Goldblatt & J.C.Manning Aristea torulosa Klatt Aristea zeyheri Baker References Further reading Goldblatt, P. 1995. Notes on Aristea Aiton (Iridaceae: Nivenioideae): Taxonomy, Chromosome Cytology, and Phylogeny. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, Vol. 82, No. 1 (1995), pp. 139–145 Goldblatt, P., Dold, A. P., Manning, J. C. 2005. Three cryptic new species of Aristea (Iridaceae) from southern Africa.. Bothalia 4:121-128. Goldblatt, P. John C. Manning and Roy E. Gereau. 2002. Nomenclatural Clarification in Aristea Section Racemosae (Iridaceae) in the Cape Flora of South Africa Novon, Vol. 12, No. 2 (Summer, 2002), pp. 190–195 W. Marais. 1987. Notes on Aristea (Iridaceae) in East Africa. Kew Bulletin, Vol. 42, No. 4, p. 932 Iridaceae genera Iridaceae Flora of Africa