Devia is a genus of plants in the family Iridaceae first described in 1990.[1] It contains only one known species, Devia xeromorpha, endemic to the southwestern part of Cape Province in South Africa.[2] The genus was named in honour of the South African botanist and academic, Miriam Phoebe de Vos.[1]: 359 

Devia xeromorpha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Subfamily: Crocoideae
Tribe: Freesieae
Genus: Devia
Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
Species:
D. xeromorpha
Binomial name
Devia xeromorpha
Goldblatt & J.C.Manning

References

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  1. ^ a b Goldblatt, Peter; Manning, John C. (1990). "Devia xeromorpha, A New Genus and Species of Iridaceae-Ixioideae from the Cape Province, South Africa". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 77 (2): 359–364. doi:10.2307/2399551. ISSN 0026-6493. JSTOR 2399551.
  2. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families