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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{Speciesbox
|image = Witsenia maura in Les liliacees.jpg
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|display_parents = 2
|genus = Witsenia
|parent_authority = [[Thunb.]]
|species = maura
|authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]) [[Thunb.]]
|synonyms_ref = <ref name=g/>
|synonyms = ''Antholyza maura'' <small>L.</small>
}}
'''''Witsenia''''' is a [[genus]] of [[flowering plant]]s in the family [[Iridaceae]], first described as a genus in 1782. There is only one known species, '''''Witsenia maura''''', [[endemic]] to [[Cape Province]] in western [[South Africa]].<ref name=g>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=325844 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.</ref>
The genus name is a tribute to the botany patron [[Nicolaas Witsen]].<ref name=Goldblatt2008>{{cite book |author1=Manning, John |author2=Goldblatt, Peter |title=The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification |publisher=Timber Press |location=Portland, Oregon|pages=110–112 |year=2008|isbn=978-0-88192-897-6}}</ref>
==References==
{{Commons category|Witsenia maura}}
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[[Category:Monotypic Iridaceae genera]]
[[Category:Endemic flora of the Cape Provinces]]
[[Category:Iridaceae]]
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