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pleatleafs

Nemastylis

Nemastylis, or pleatleaf, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, first described as a genus in 1835. It is native to Mexico, Central America, and the southern part of the United States. The genus name is derived from the Greek words nema, meaning "thread", and stylos, meaning "pillar" or "rod".

Species

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Prairie Pleatleaf

speciesNemastylis geminiflora

Southwestern Pleatleaf

speciesNemastylis tenuis

celestial lily

speciesNemastylis floridana

Nuttall's Pleatleaf

speciesNemastylis nuttallii

Nemastylis selidandra

speciesNemastylis selidandra

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 143322.