{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Bobartia indica.jpg |image_caption = ''Bobartia indica'' |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Bobartia |authority = L. |type_species = ''Bobartia indica'' |type_species_authority = L. |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = See text }}
'''''Bobartia''''' is a genus of evergreen, perennial and bulbous plants in the iris family (Iridaceae). The genus comprises 15 species distributed in South Africa. The genus name is a tribute to German botanist Jakob Bobart.<ref name=Goldblatt2008>{{cite book |author1=Manning, John |author2=Goldblatt, Peter |title=The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification |publisher=Timber Press |location=Portland, Oregon|pages=207–209 |year=2008|isbn=978-0-88192-897-6}}</ref>
==List of species==
*''Bobartia aphylla'' (L.f.) Ker Gawl., Irid. Gen.: 30 (1827). *''Bobartia fasciculata'' Gillett ex Strid, Opera Bot. 37: 34 (1974). *''Bobartia filiformis'' (L.f.) Ker Gawl., Irid. Gen.: 30 (1827). *''Bobartia gladiata'' (L.f.) Ker Gawl., Irid. Gen.: 30 (1827). **''Bobartia gladiata'' subsp. ''gladiata''. **''Bobartia gladiata'' subsp. ''major'' (G.J.Lewis) Strid, Opera Bot. 37: 24 (1974). **''Bobartia gladiata'' subsp. ''teres'' Strid, Opera Bot. 37: 25 (1974). *''Bobartia gracilis'' Baker, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1901: 134 (1901). *''Bobartia indica'' L., Sp. Pl.: 54 (1753). *''Bobartia lilacina'' G.J.Lewis, J. S. Afr. Bot. 11: 108 (1945). *''Bobartia longicyma'' Gillett, J. Bot. 68: 104 (1930). **''Bobartia longicyma'' subsp. ''longicyma''. **''Bobartia longicyma'' subsp. ''magna'' Gillett ex Strid, Opera Bot. 37: 26 (1974). **''Bobartia longicyma'' subsp. ''microflora'' Strid, Opera Bot. 37: 27 (1974). *''Bobartia macrocarpa'' Strid, Opera Bot. 37: 33 (1974). *''Bobartia macrospatha'' Baker, Handb. Irid.: 119 (1892). **''Bobartia macrospatha'' subsp. ''anceps'' (Baker) Strid, Opera Bot. 37: 36 (1974). **''Bobartia macrospatha'' subsp. ''macrospatha''. *''Bobartia orientalis'' Gillett, J. Bot. 68: 104 (1930). **''Bobartia orientalis'' subsp. ''occidentalis'' Strid, Opera Bot. 37: 33 (1974). **''Bobartia orientalis'' subsp. ''orientalis''. *''Bobartia paniculata'' G.J.Lewis, J. S. Afr. Bot. 7: 50 (1941). *''Bobartia parva'' Gillett, J. Bot. 68: 104 (1930). *''Bobartia robusta'' Baker, Handb. Irid.: 120 (1892). *''Bobartia rufa'' Strid, Opera Bot. 37: 37 (1974).
==Bibliography== *Goldblatt P, Rudall P. 1992. Relationships of the southern African genus ''Bobartia'' (Iridaceae-Iridoideae). S. Afr. J. Bot. 58. 304-9 *Strid AK. 1974 A taxonomic revision of ''Bobartia'' L. (Iridaceae) Opera bot., Lund,. No. 37. 1-45. *Strid AK. 1974 A taxonomic revision of ''Bobartia'' L. (Iridaceae). : Op. Bot., no. 37. 45p. (1974).
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Category:Iridaceae genera Category:Iridaceae Category:Endemic flora of the Cape Provinces
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