{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Nemastylis floridana.jpg |image_caption = ''Nemastylis floridana'' |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Nemastylis |authority = Nuttall |type_species = ''Nemastylis geminiflora'' |type_species_authority = Nuttall |synonyms_ref = <ref name=ll/> |synonyms = * ''Chlamydostylus'' <small>Baker</small> }}
'''''Nemastylis''''', or '''pleatleaf''',<ref>{{PLANTS|id=NEMAS|taxon=Nemastylis|accessdate=19 July 2015}}</ref> 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.<ref name=ll>[https://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=323910 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>[https://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Nemastylis Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps]</ref> The genus name is derived from the Greek words ''nema'', meaning "thread", and ''stylos'', meaning "pillar" or "rod".<ref name=Goldblatt2008>{{cite book |author1=Manning, John |author2=Goldblatt, Peter |title=The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification |publisher=Timber Press |location=Portland, Oregon|page=250 |year=2008|isbn=978-0-88192-897-6}}</ref>
; Species<ref name=ll/> * ''Nemastylis floridana'' <small>Small</small> - Florida * ''Nemastylis geminiflora'' <small>Nutt.</small> - south-central United States * ''Nemastylis nuttallii'' <small>Pickering ex R.C. Foster</small> - Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri * ''Nemastylis selidandra'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Texas * ''Nemastylis tenuis'' <small>(Herb.) S.Watson</small> - Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Texas, Arizona * ''Nemastylis tuitensis'' <small>(Aarón Rodr. & Ortiz-Cat.) Ravenna</small> - Jalisco State in Mexico
; formerly included * ''Nemastylis pearcei'' <small>Baker</small> = ''Tigridia pearcei'' <small>(Baker) Ravenna</small> * ''Nemastylis mcvaughii'' <small>Molseed & Cruden</small> = ''Tigridia convoluta'' <small>(Ravenna) Goldblatt</small>
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Category:Iridaceae Category:Iridaceae genera
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