# Ixia patens

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{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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| image = Curtis's botanical magazine (No. 522) (8413253317).jpg
| genus = Ixia
| species = patens
| authority = Aiton
| synonyms = * ''Gladiolus pyramidalis'' <small>[Burm.f.](/source/Nicolaas_Laurens_Burman)</small>
* ''Ixia angusta'' <small>[L.Bolus](/source/Louisa_Bolus)</small>
* ''Ixia aristata'' <small>Schneev.</small>
* ''Ixia densiflora'' <small>Klatt</small>
* ''Ixia dispar'' <small>N.E.Br.</small>
* ''Ixia filiformis'' <small>Vent.</small>
* ''Ixia flaccida'' <small>Salisb.</small>
* ''Ixia pallens'' <small>Steud.</small>
* ''Ixia patens var. kermesina'' <small>Regel</small>
* ''Ixia patens var. linearifolia'' <small>G.J.Lewis</small>
* ''Ixia punicea'' <small>[Eckl.](/source/Christian_Friedrich_Ecklon)</small>
* ''Ixia punicea'' <small>Spreng.</small>
* ''Ixia sprengeliana'' <small>Schult.</small>
}}

'''''Ixia patens''''' is a perennial plant belonging to the genus ''[Ixia](/source/Ixia)'' and is part of the [renosterveld](/source/renosterveld).<ref>http://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=1547-4008 REDLIST Sanbi</ref> The species is endemic to the [Western Cape](/source/Western_Cape) and occurs in a small area between [Villiersdorp](/source/Villiersdorp) and [Worcester](/source/Worcester%2C_South_Africa). The plant is threatened by crop cultivation.<ref>http://plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:439519-1 Plants of the World Online</ref>

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Category:Endemic flora of the Cape Provinces
Category:Renosterveld
patens
Category:Plants described in 1789
Category:Taxa named by William Aiton

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