Satinflowers

Geissorhiza is a genus with 103 species described to date of deciduous perennial flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, first described as a genus in 1803. The entire genus is endemic to the Cape Province of western South Africa. The genus name is derived from the Greek words geisson, meaning "tile", and rhizon, meaning "root".

Selected species:

Geissorhiza aspera

Geissorhiza brehmii

Geissorhiza cantharophila

Geissorhiza cataractarum

Geissorhiza cedarmontana

Geissorhiza ciliatula

Geissorhiza confusa

Geissorhiza corrugata

Geissorhiza darlingensis

Geissorhiza delicatula

Geissorhiza demissa

Geissorhiza divaricata

Geissorhiza elsiae

Geissorhiza erubescens

Geissorhiza esterhuyseniae

Geissorhiza exilis

Geissorhiza exscapa

Geissorhiza eurystigma

Geissorhiza geminata

Geissorhiza grandiflora

Geissorhiza helmei

Geissorhiza hesperanthoides

Geissorhiza heterostyla

Geissorhiza imbricata

Geissorhiza inaequalis

Geissorhiza inflexa

Geissorhiza intermedia

Geissorhiza kamiesmontana

Geissorhiza karooica

Geissorhiza lapidosa

Geissorhiza leopoldtii

Geissorhiza lithicola

Geissorhiza mathewsii

Geissorhiza melanthera

Geissorhiza mellimontana

Geissorhiza minuta

Geissorhiza monanthos

Geissorhiza monticola

Geissorhiza namaquamontana

Geissorhiza nigromontana

Geissorhiza nubigena

Geissorhiza nutans

Geissorhiza ornithogaloides

Geissorhiza outeniquensis

Geissorhiza ovata

Geissorhiza platystigma

Geissorhiza pseudinaequalis

Geissorhiza purpurascens

Geissorhiza purpureolutea

Geissorhiza radians

Geissorhiza rupicola

Geissorhiza saxicola

Geissorhiza schinzii

Geissorhiza scopulosa

Geissorhiza seracina

Geissorhiza silenoides

Geissorhiza similis

Geissorhiza splendidissima

Geissorhiza stenosiphon

Geissorhiza sufflava

Geissorhiza tabularis

Geissorhiza tenella

Geissorhiza tricolor

Geissorhiza tulbaghensis

Geissorhiza uliginosa

Geissorhiza unifolia