Caesia is a genus of herbs in the family Asphodelaceae, subfamily Hemerocallidoideae, native to Australia, New Guinea, Madagascar and Southern Africa. The mostly 3-lobed seed capsules contain rounded black seeds. The genus was named in honour of Federico Cesi (1585âÂÂ1630), an Italian scientist.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Caesia:
- Caesia alpina - alpine grass-lily - New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria
- Caesia arcuata
- Caesia calliantha - blue grass-lily - New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia
- Caesia capensis - Cape Province of South Africa
- Caesia chlorantha - New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia
- Caesia contorta
- Caesia micrantha - New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Queensland
- Caesia occidentalis - Western Australia
- Caesia parviflora - pale grass-lily - Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia
- â Caesia rigidifolia - Queen Victoria Springs in Western Australia but extinct. Last recorded near Zanthus in 1875.
- Caesia sabulosa - Cape Province
- Caesia setifera - Queensland, Western Australia, Northern Territory, New Guinea
- Caesia subulata - Madagascar
- Caesia viscida - Western Australia
- Caesia walalbai
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