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| Isophysis | |
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| Isophysis tasmanica, Mount Eliza, Southwest National Park | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Iridaceae |
| Subfamily: | Isophysidoideae Thorne & Reveal |
| Genus: | Isophysis T.Moore[2] |
| Species: | I. tasmanica
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| Binomial name | |
| Isophysis tasmanica | |
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Isophysis is a genus of herbaceous, perennial and rhizomatous plants in the Iris family (Iridaceae). A monotypic genus formerly known as Hewardia, it contains a single species,[3][4] Isophysis tasmanica is a Palaeoendemic found only in the south-west of Tasmania.[4]
The genus name is derived from the Greek words iso, meaning "equal", and physis, meaning "bladder".[5]
- ^ Bot. Not. 127: 107 (1974).
- ^ Proc. Linn. Soc. London 2: 212 (1853).
- ^ Royal Horticultural Society, Kew. A detailed checklist for genus Isophysis.
- ^ a b Jordan, Gregory; Harrison, Peter; Worth, James; Grant, Williamson; Kirkpatrick, James (2015). "Palaeoendemic plants provide evidence for persistence of open well-watered vegetation since the Cretaceous". Global Ecology and Microbiology. 25 (2): 2, 5, 7. Bibcode:2016GloEB..25..127J. doi:10.1111/geb.12389 – via University of Tasmania.
- ^ Manning, John; Goldblatt, Peter (2008). The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. pp. 91–93. ISBN 978-0-88192-897-6.