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{{Taxobox | color = lightgreen

| name = ''Ixia''
| image =Ixia African Corn Lilies.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = Ixia
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Iridaceae]]
| genus = '''''Ixia'''''
| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
}}

:''This is an article about the genus of plants. For the resort town on the island of Rhodes, see the article [[Ialysos]]. For the IP Network testing company Ixia, see the article [[Ixia Communications]]''.

The [[genus]] '''Ixia''' consists of a number of [[corm]]ous plants native to [[South Africa]]. Some of them are known as the '''corn lily'''. Some distinctive traits include: sword-like leaves, and long wiry stems with star-shaped flowers. It usually prefers well-drained soil.

== Species==
The genus ''Ixia'' includes the following species:

*''[[Ixia aurea]]'' J. C. Manning & Goldblatt
*''[[Ixia acaulis]]'' Goldblatt & J. C. Manning
*''[[Ixia brevituba]]'' G.J. Lewis
*''[[Ixia brunneobractea]]'' G.J. Lewis
*''[[Ixia campanulata]]'' Houtt.
*''[[Ixia capillaris]]'' L. f.
*''[[Ixia cochlearis]]'' G.J. Lewis
*''[[Ixia collina]]'' Goldbl. & Snijman
*''[[Ixia curta]]'' Andr
*''[[Ixia curvata]]'' G.J. Lewis
*''[[Ixia dubia]]'' Vent.
*''[[Ixia erubescens]]'' Goldbl.
*''[[Ixia esterhuyseniae]]'' De Vos
*''[[Ixia flexuosa]]'' L.
*''[[Ixia frederickii]]'' De Vos
*''[[Ixia fucata]]''
**''Ixia fucata'' Ker-Gawl, var. ''filifolia'' G.J. Lewis
**''Ixia fucata'' Ker-Gawl. var. ''fucata''
*''[[Ixia gloriosa]]'' G.J Lewis
*''[[Ixia latifolia]]
**''Ixia latifolia'' Delaroche var. ''angustifolia'' G.J. Lewis
**''Ixia latifolia'' Delaroche var. ''curviramosa'' G.J. Lewis
**''Ixia latifolia'' Delaroche var. ''latifolia''
**''Ixia latifolia'' Delaroche var. ''parviflora'' G.J. Lewis
**''Ixia latifolia'' Delaroche var. ''ramulosa'' G.J. Lewis
*''[[Ixia leipoldtii]]'' G.J. Lewis
*''[[Ixia leucantha]]'' Jacq.
*''[[Ixia longituba]]'' N.E.Br.
**''Ixia longituba'' N. E. Br. var. ''bellendenii'' R. C. Foster
**''Ixia longituba'' N. E. Br. var. ''longituba''
*''[[Ixia lutea]]'' Eckl. var. ''lutea''
*''Ixia lutea'' Eckl. var. ''ovata'' (Andr.) B. Nord
*''[[Ixia maculata]]''
**''Ixia maculata'' L. var. ''fusco-citrina'' (Desf.ex DC) G.J. Lewis
**''Ixia maculata'' L. var. ''intermedia'' G.J. Lewis
**''Ixia maculata'' L. var. ''maculata''
*''[[Ixia marginifolia]]'' (Salisb) G.J Lewis
*''[[Ixia metelerkampiae]]'' L. Bol.
*''[[Ixia micranda]]''
**''Ixia micranda'' Bak. var. ''confusa'' G.J Lewis
**''Ixia micranda'' Bak. var. ''micranda''
**''Ixia micranda'' Bak. var. ''minor'' G.J Lewis
*''[[Ixia monadelpha]]'' Delaroche
*''[[Ixia mostertii]]'' De Vos
*''[[Ixia odorata]]'' Ker-Gawl var. ''hesperanthoides'' G.J Lewis
*''[[Ixia odorata]]'' Ker-Gawl var. ''odorata''
*''[[Ixia orientalis]]'' L.Bol.
*''[[Ixia paniculata]]'' Delaroche
*''[[Ixia patens]]''
**''Ixia patens''Ait. var. ''linearifolia'' G.J Lewis
**''Ixia patens'' Ait var. ''patens''
*''[[Ixia pauciflora]]'' G.J Lewis
*''[[Ixia polystachya]]''
**''Ixia polystachya'' L. var. ''crassifolia'' G.J Lewis
**''Ixia polystachya'' L. var. ''lutea'' (Ker-Gawl) G.J Lewis
**''Ixia polystachya'' M. De Vos var. ''longistylus'' var. ''nova''
**''Ixia polystachya'' L. var. ''polystachya''
*''[[Ixia pumilio]]'' Goldbl. & Snijman
*''[[Ixia purpureorosea]]'' G. J Lewis
*''[[Ixia rapunculoides]]''
**''Ixia rapunculoides'' Del. var. ''flaccida'' G.J Lewis
**''Ixia rapuncuolides'' Del. var. ''namaquana'' (L.Bol.) G. J Lewis
**''Ixia rapunculoides'' Del. var. ''rapunculoides''
**''Ixia rapunculoides'' Del. var. ''rigida'' G. J Lewis
**''Ixia rapunculoides'' Del. var. ''robusta'' G.J Lewis
**''Ixia rapunculoides'' Del. var ''subpendula'' G.J. Lewis
*''[[Ixia rouxii]]'' G.J Lewis
*''[[Ixia scillaris]]'' L. var.'' scillaris''
*''[[Ixia scillaris]]'' L. var. ''subundulata'' G.J Lewis
*''[[Ixia splendida]]'' G.J. Lewis
*''[[Ixia stohriae]]'' L. Bol.
*''[[Ixia stolonifera]]'' G.J Lewis
*''[[Ixia stricta]]'' (Eckl. ex Klatt) G. J Lewis
*''[[Ixia tenuifolia]]'' Vahl.
*''[[Ixia thomasiae]]'' Goldblo.
*''[[Ixia trifolia]]'' G. J Lewis FP
*''[[Ixia trinervata]]'' (Bak.) G. J Lewis
*''[[Ixia vanzijliae]]'' L. Bol.
*''[[Ixia versicolor]]'' G.J Lewis
*''[[Ixia vinacea]]'' G. J Lewis
*''[[Ixia viridflora]]'' Lam.
**''Ixia viridflora'' Lam. var ''minor'' De Vos
**''Ixia viridflora'' Lam. var ''viridflora'' Thunb.
Ixia can be a name.

==Reference==
* {{cite book | author=Pink, A. | url=http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/11892|title=Gardening for the Million| year=2004 | publisher=[[Project Gutenberg|Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation]]}}

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