Aristea ecklonii

Aristea ecklonii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Iridaceae
Genus:	Aristea
Species:	A. ecklonii
Binomial name
	Aristea ecklonii; Baker 1877
Synonyms
	Aristea dichotoma Eckl. ex Klatt 1866 not (Thunb.) Ker Gawl. 1827; Aristea lastii Baker; Aristea paniculata Pax; Aristea cyanea De Wild. 1921 not Aiton 1789; Aristea maitlandii Hutch. published without description; Aristea stipitata R.C.Foster;

Aristea ecklonii (common names: blue flies, blue stars, blue-eyed iris, blue corn-lily^[2]) is a plant species in the Iridaceae, first described in 1866. It is native to central and southern Africa from South Africa north to Cameroon and Tanzania.^[1]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] The plant is an evergreen perennial with small, blue flowers, growing in clumps with upright, grass-like leaves 15–18 in (38–46 cm) in height.^[2]

It is an invasive species in high mountain forests of Sri Lanka near Nuwara Eliya and Horton Plains,^[7]^[8] in New Zealand where it is listed as a pest species on the NPPA banned list, and also Australia.^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ ^a ^b Floridata entry
^ Lebrun J.-P. & Stork, A.L. (1995). Énumération des Plants à Fleurs D'Afrique Tropicale 3: 1–341. Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques de la Ville de Genève.
^ Goldblatt, P. (1996). Iridaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1–89.
^ Geerinck, D (2005). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi) Iridaceae: 1–102. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.
^ Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i–vi, 1–1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
^ Milan Lu, "A growing threat" Archived 2016-08-13 at the Wayback Machine, Ceylon Today, 01.11.2011. Accessed 19.6.2016.
^ Ranwala S., Marambe B.*, Wijesundara S., Silva P., Weerakoon D., Atapattu N., Gunawardena J., Manawadu L. and Gamage G. "Post-entry risk assessment of invasive alien flora of Sri Lanka – present status, gap analysis, and the most troublesome alien invaders", Pakistan Journal of Weed Science 10/2012; 18:863–871.
^ Australian Rainforest Conservation Society. "Blue Stars, Aristea ecklonii – a potentially disastrous weed found at Springbrook". Retrieved 2016-06-20.

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[h-1] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

[floridata-2] Floridata entry

[3] Lebrun J.-P. & Stork, A.L. (1995). Énumération des Plants à Fleurs D'Afrique Tropicale 3: 1–341. Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques de la Ville de Genève.

[4] Goldblatt, P. (1996). Iridaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1–89.

[5] Geerinck, D (2005). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi) Iridaceae: 1–102. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.

[6] Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i–vi, 1–1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

[7] Milan Lu, "A growing threat" Archived 2016-08-13 at the Wayback Machine, Ceylon Today, 01.11.2011. Accessed 19.6.2016.

[8] Ranwala S., Marambe B.*, Wijesundara S., Silva P., Weerakoon D., Atapattu N., Gunawardena J., Manawadu L. and Gamage G. "Post-entry risk assessment of invasive alien flora of Sri Lanka – present status, gap analysis, and the most troublesome alien invaders", Pakistan Journal of Weed Science 10/2012; 18:863–871.

[9] Australian Rainforest Conservation Society. "Blue Stars, Aristea ecklonii – a potentially disastrous weed found at Springbrook". Retrieved 2016-06-20.

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