What is "caesia"

The gens Caesia was a plebeian family at Rome during the late Republic, and through imperial times. The first member of the gens to achieve prominence was Marcus Caesius, praetor in 75 BC. Under the Empire, the gens was distinguished for its literary achievements.

Caesia is a genus of herbs in the family Asphodelaceae, subfamily Hemerocallidoideae, native to Australia, New Guinea, Madagascar and Southern Africa. The mostly 3-lobed seed capsules contain rounded black seeds.

1. Caesia alpina Hook.f. - alpine grass-lily - New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria
2. Caesia calliantha R.J.F.Hend. - blue grass-lily - New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia
3. Caesia capensis (Bolus) Oberm. - Cape Province of South Africa
4. Caesia chlorantha F.Muell. - New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia
5. Caesia micrantha Lindl. - Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal
6. Caesia occidentalis R.Br. - Western Australia
7. Caesia parviflora R.Br. - pale grass-lily - Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia
8. † Caesia rigidifolia F.Muell. - Queen Victoria Springs in Western Australia but extinct
9. Caesia sabulosa Boatwr. & J.C.Manning - Cape Province
10. Caesia setifera Baker - Queensland, Western Australia, Northern Territory, New Guinea
11. Caesia subulata Baker - Madagascar
12. Caesia viscida Keighery - Western Australia