Babiana
Babiana is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae composed of about 80 recognized species. The majority of these species are endemic to the Cape Provinces of South Africa, especially Namaqualand, as well Namibia, Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
The genus name is derived from the Dutch word baviaan, referring to the Chacma baboon, Papio ursinus, that consumes the corms of plants in the genus.
One species, Babiana stricta, is widely cultivated as an ornamental.Species
- Babiana ambigua G.J.Lewis - common baboon-root
- Babiana angustifolia Sweet
- Babiana arenicola Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Babiana attenuata G.J.Lewis
- Babiana auriculata G.J.Lewis
- Babiana avicularis Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Babiana bainesii Baker
- Babiana blanda G.J.Lewis
- Babiana brachystachys G.J.Lewis
- Babiana carminea J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
- Babiana cedarbergensis G.J.Lewis
- Babiana cinnamomea J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
- Babiana confusa Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Babiana crispa G.J.Lewis
- Babiana cuneata J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
- Babiana curviscapa G.J.Lewis
- Babiana dregei Baker
- Babiana ecklonii Klatt
- Babiana engysiphon J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
- Babiana fimbriata Baker
- Babiana flabellifolia Harv. ex Klatt
- Babiana foliosa G.J.Lewis
- Babiana fourcadei G.J.Lewis
- Babiana fragrans Steud.
- Babiana framesii L.Bolus
- Babiana gariepensis Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Babiana geniculata G.J.Lewis
- Babiana grandiflora Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Babiana hirsuta Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Babiana horizontalis G.J.Lewis
- Babiana hypogaea Burch.
- Babiana inclinata Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Babiana karooica Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Babiana lanata Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Babiana lapeirousioides Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Babiana latifolia L.Bolus
- Babiana leipoldtii G.J.Lewis
- Babiana lewisiana B.Nord.
- Babiana lineolata Klatt
- Babiana lobata G.J.Lewis
- Babiana longicollis Dinter
- Babiana melanops Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Babiana minuta G.J.Lewis
- Babiana mononeura Baker
- Babiana montana G.J.Lewis
- Babiana mucronata Ker Gawl. subsp. minor Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Babiana mucronata Ker Gawl. subsp. mucronata
- Babiana namaquensis Baker
- Babiana nana - sandflat baboon-root
- * Babiana nana Spreng. subsp. maculata Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- * Babiana nana Spreng. subsp. nana
- Babiana noctiflora J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
- Babiana odorata L.Bolus
- Babiana papyracea Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Babiana patersoniae L.Bolus
- Babiana patula N.E.Br.
- Babiana pauciflora G.J.Lewis
- Babiana petiolata Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Babiana pilosa G.J.Lewis
- Babiana planifolia Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Babiana praemorsa Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Babiana pubescens G.J.Lewis
- Babiana purpurea Ker Gawl.
- Babiana pygmaea Baker - yellow baboon-root
- Babiana radiata Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Babiana regia Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Babiana rigidifolia Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Babiana ringens - rat's-tail
- * Babiana ringens Ker Gawl. subsp. australis Goldblatt & J.C.Manning - rat's-tail
- * Babiana ringens Ker Gawl. subsp. ringens - rat's-tail
- Babiana rivulicola Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Babiana rubella Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Babiana rubrocyanea Ker Gawl.
- Babiana salteri G.J.Lewis
- Babiana sambucina Ker Gawl. subsp. longibracteata Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Babiana sambucina Ker Gawl. subsp. sambucina
- Babiana scabrifolia Brehmer ex Klatt
- Babiana scariosa G.J.Lewis
- Babiana secunda Ker Gawl.
- Babiana sinuata G.J.Lewis
- Babiana spathacea Ker Gawl.
- Babiana spiralis Baker
- Babiana stenomera Schltr.
- Babiana striata G.J.Lewis
- Babiana stricta Ker Gawl. - common babiana, baboon flower
- Babiana symmetrantha Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Babiana tanquana J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
- Babiana teretifolia Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Babiana torta G.J.Lewis
- Babiana toximontana J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
- Babiana tritonioides G.J.Lewis
- Babiana tubaeformis Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Babiana tubiflora Ker Gawl.
- Babiana tubulosa Ker Gawl. - White baboon-root
- Babiana unguiculata G.J.Lewis
- Babiana vanzijliae L.Bolus
- Babiana villosa Ker Gawl.
- Babiana villosula Ker Gawl. ex Steud.
- Babiana virescens Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Babiana virginea Goldblatt
;formerly included
- Babiana socotrana = Cyanixia socotrana'', from Socotra Islands in Yemen
