Geissorhiza
Geissorhiza is a genus with 103 species described to date of deciduous perennial flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, first described as a genus in 1803. The entire genus is endemic to the Cape Province of western South Africa. The genus name is derived from the Greek words geisson, meaning "tile", and rhizon, meaning "root".
Selected species:Geissorhiza asperaGeissorhiza brehmiiGeissorhiza cantharophilaGeissorhiza cataractarumGeissorhiza cedarmontanaGeissorhiza ciliatulaGeissorhiza confusaGeissorhiza corrugataGeissorhiza darlingensisGeissorhiza delicatulaGeissorhiza demissaGeissorhiza divaricataGeissorhiza elsiaeGeissorhiza erubescensGeissorhiza esterhuyseniaeGeissorhiza exilisGeissorhiza exscapaGeissorhiza eurystigmaGeissorhiza geminataGeissorhiza grandifloraGeissorhiza helmeiGeissorhiza hesperanthoidesGeissorhiza heterostylaGeissorhiza imbricataGeissorhiza inaequalisGeissorhiza inflexaGeissorhiza intermediaGeissorhiza kamiesmontanaGeissorhiza karooicaGeissorhiza lapidosaGeissorhiza leopoldtiiGeissorhiza lithicolaGeissorhiza mathewsiiGeissorhiza melantheraGeissorhiza mellimontanaGeissorhiza minutaGeissorhiza monanthosGeissorhiza monticolaGeissorhiza namaquamontanaGeissorhiza nigromontanaGeissorhiza nubigenaGeissorhiza nutansGeissorhiza ornithogaloidesGeissorhiza outeniquensisGeissorhiza ovata Geissorhiza platystigmaGeissorhiza pseudinaequalisGeissorhiza purpurascensGeissorhiza purpureoluteaGeissorhiza radiansGeissorhiza rupicolaGeissorhiza saxicolaGeissorhiza schinziiGeissorhiza scopulosaGeissorhiza seracinaGeissorhiza silenoidesGeissorhiza similisGeissorhiza splendidissimaGeissorhiza stenosiphonGeissorhiza sufflavaGeissorhiza tabularisGeissorhiza tenellaGeissorhiza tricolorGeissorhiza tulbaghensisGeissorhiza uliginosa