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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Iridaceae |
| Subfamily: | Crocoideae |
| Tribe: | Freesieae |
| Genus: | Devia Goldblatt & J.C.Manning |
| Species: | D. xeromorpha |
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| Devia xeromorpha Goldblatt & J.C.Manning | |
Devia is a genus of plants in the family Iridaceae first described in 1990. It contains only one known species, Devia xeromorpha, endemic to the southwestern part of Cape Province in South Africa. The genus was named in honour of the South African botanist and academic, Miriam Phoebe de Vos.
References
- ^ Goldblatt, Peter; Manning, John C. (1990). "Devia xeromorpha, A New Genus and Species of Iridaceae-Ixioideae from the Cape Province, South Africa". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 77 (2): 359–364. doi:10.2307/2399551. ISSN 0026-6493. JSTOR 2399551.
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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