What is "aristea"

Aristea is a genus of evergreen, perennial and rhizomatous species of flowering plants in the iris 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".

1. Aristea abyssinica Pax
2. Aristea africana (L.) Hoffmanns.
3. Aristea alata Baker
4. Aristea anceps Eckl. ex Klatt
5. Aristea angolensis Baker
6. Aristea angustifolia Baker
7. Aristea bakeri Klatt
8. Aristea bequaertii De Wild.
9. Aristea biflora Weim.
10. Aristea cantharophila Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
11. Aristea capitata (L.) Ker Gawl.
12. Aristea cistiflora J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
13. Aristea cladocarpa Baker
14. Aristea compressa Buchinger ex Baker
15. Aristea cuspidata Schinz
16. Aristea dichotoma (Thunb.) Ker Gawl.
17. Aristea djalonis A.Chev. ex Hutch.
18. Aristea ecklonii Baker
19. Aristea elliptica Goldblatt & A.P.Dold
20. Aristea ensifolia J.Muir
21. Aristea fimbriata Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
22. Aristea flexicaulis Baker
23. Aristea galpinii N.E.Br. ex Weim.
24. Aristea glauca Klatt
25. Aristea goetzei Harms
26. Aristea grandis Weim.
27. Aristea humbertii H.Perrier
28. Aristea inaequalis Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
29. Aristea juncifolia Eckl. ex Baker
30. Aristea kitchingii Baker
31. Aristea latifolia G.J.Lewis
32. Aristea lugens (L.f.) Steud.
33. Aristea madagascariensis Baker
34. Aristea montana Baker
35. Aristea monticola Goldblatt
36. Aristea nana Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
37. Aristea nigrescens J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
38. Aristea nyikensis Baker
39. Aristea oligocephala Baker
40. Aristea palustris Schltr.
41. Aristea parviflora Baker
42. Aristea pauciflora Wolley-Dod
43. Aristea platycaulis Baker
44. Aristea polycephala Harms
45. Aristea pusilla (Thunb.) Ker Gawl.
46. Aristea racemosa Baker
47. Aristea ranomafana Goldblatt
48. Aristea recisa Weim.
49. Aristea rigidifolia G.J.Lewis
50. Aristea rupicola Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
51. Aristea schizolaena Harv. ex Baker
52. Aristea simplex Weim.
53. Aristea singularis Weim.
54. Aristea spiralis (L.f.) Ker Gawl.
55. Aristea teretifolia Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
56. Aristea torulosa Klatt
57. Aristea zeyheri Baker