{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Ferraria undulata.png |image_caption = ''Ferraria crispa''<ref>Curtis, William The Botanical Magazine, Vol. 4</ref> |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Ferraria |authority = Burm. ex Mill. |type_species = ''Ferraria crispa'' |type_species_authority = Burm. }}

'''''Ferraria''''' is a genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, native to tropical and southern Africa.<ref name=k>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=328041 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref> They are herbaceous corm-bearing plants growing to 30–45&nbsp;cm tall. Some species have an unpleasant scent similar to rotting meat and are pollinated by flies, while others have a pleasant scent. The genus name is a tribute to Italian Jesuit Botanist and botanical artist Giovanni Baptista Ferrari.<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=209–211 |year=2008|isbn=978-0-88192-897-6}}</ref> thumb|right|''Ferraria uncinata'' They are grown as ornamental plants in gardens in subtropical regions.

; Species<ref name=k/> * ''Ferraria brevifolia'' <small>G.J.Lewis</small> - Cape Province of South Africa * ''Ferraria candelabrum'' <small>(Baker) Rendle</small> - Angola, Zambia * ''Ferraria crispa'' <small>Burm.</small> (syn. ''F. undulata'') - Cape Province; naturalized in Spain, Australia, Canary Islands, Madeira * ''Ferraria densepunctulata'' <small>M.P.de Vos</small> - Cape Province * ''Ferraria divaricata'' <small>Sw.</small> - Cape Province * ''Ferraria ferrariola'' <small>(Jacq.) Willd.</small> - Cape Province * ''Ferraria flava'' <small>Goldblatt & J.C.Manning</small> - Cape Province * ''Ferraria foliosa'' <small>G.J.Lewis</small> - Cape Province * ''Ferraria glutinosa'' <small>(Baker) Rendle</small> - from Cape Province north to Zaïre * ''Ferraria macrochlamys'' <small>(Baker) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning</small> - Cape Province * ''Ferraria ornata'' <small>Goldblatt & J.C.Manning</small> - Cape Province * ''Ferraria ovata'' <small>(Thunb.)</small> <small>Goldblatt & J.C.Manning</small> - Cape Province * ''Ferraria parva'' <small>Goldblatt & J.C.Manning</small> - Cape Province * ''Ferraria schaeferi'' <small>Dinter</small> - Cape Province, Namibia * ''Ferraria spithamaea'' <small>(Baker) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning</small> - Angola * ''Ferraria uncinata'' <small>Sweet</small> - Cape Province * ''Ferraria variabilis'' <small>Goldblatt & J.C.Manning</small> - Cape Province, Namibia * ''Ferraria welwitschii'' <small>Baker</small> - Zaïre, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Angola

==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other sources== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060923053048/http://www.museums.org.za/bio/plants/iridaceae/ferraria.htm Biodiversity South Africa: ''Ferraria''] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930220519/http://sea.unep-wcmc.org/isdb/search1.cfm?level=Gen&value=Ferraria&source=plants UNEP-WCMC Species Database: ''Ferraria''] * [https://archive.today/20121211214858/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?4653 Germplasm Resources Information Network: ''Ferraria''] * [https://www.biodiversity.org.na/taxondisplay.php?nr=4399 Namibia Biodiversity Database: ''Ferraria''] * [http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=382 Flora of Zimbabwe: ''Ferraria'']

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Category:Iridaceae Category:Iridaceae genera Category:Flora of the Afrotropical realm

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