What is Ixia?
{{italic title}} {{Taxobox | name = ''Ixia'' | image = Ixia_polystachya-2.jpg | image_width = 245px | image_caption = ''[[Ixia polystachya]]'' | regnum = [[Plantae]] | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Liliopsida]] | ordo = [[Asparagales]] | familia = [[Iridaceae]] | genus = '''''Ixia''''' | genus_authority = [[L.]] (1762) | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = ''See text'' }} '''''Ixia''''' is a [[genus]] of [[plant]]s in the family [[Iridaceae]]. [[File:Ixia20100227_12.jpg|The [[corm]] of ''Ixia sp.'' (its diameter is 2 cm)|thumb|left]] All of these plants are [[herb]]s with [[corm]]s. The plants grows in [[South Africa]]. In total, there are 40-60 [[species]]. Common names for this kind of flower are ''Corn lily'' and ''African Corn-Lily'' and ''Wand flower''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/bulbs-summer/ixia.html | title=Ixia: African Corn-Lily, Wand flower | publisher=[[North Carolina State University]] | accessdate=2 March 2010 | archive-date=5 July 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100705043724/http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/bulbs-summer/ixia.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[leaves]] look like [[sword]]s. The [[flower]]s look like [[star]]s. Some species of Corn lilies are [[Gardening|cultivated]] as [[garden]] plants and [[houseplant]]s. {{Clear|left}} == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == {{CommonsCompact|Category:Ixia}} {{WSp}} * [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?6135 Germplasm Resources Information Network: ''Ixia''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528175858/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?6135 |date=2010-05-28 }} * [https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=500350 ITIS: ''Ixia''] * [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=58996 NCBI: ''Ixia''] {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Iridaceae]]