Ennealophus

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Ennealophus
Ennealophus euryandrus 2.jpg
Ennealophus euryandrus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Subfamily: Iridoideae
Tribe: Tigridieae
Genus: Ennealophus
N.E.Br.[1]
Type species
Ennealophus amazonicus
N.E.Br.
Species

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Ennealophus is a genus of perennial, herbaceous and bulbous plants in the family Iridaceae. It consists in five species distributed from Ecuador to Northern Brazil and Northwest Argentina. The genus name is derived from the Greek words ennea, meaning "nine", and lophus, meaning "crest".[2]

List of species[]

The species of the genus and their geographic distribution is the following:[3]

  • (Baker) Ravenna, Notas Mens. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. (Chile) 21: 8 (1977). Bolivia.
  • (Griseb.) Ravenna, Anales Mus. Hist. Nat. Valparaiso 6: 42 (1973). Northwest Argentina.
  • Ravenna, Wrightia 7: 232 (1983). Northwest de Argentina.
  • (Kunth) Ravenna, Notas Mens. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. (Chile) 21: 8 (1977). Ecuador to Perú and Northern Brazil.
  • (Ravenna) & , Darwiniana 45: 238 (2007). Northwest Argentina (Jujuy, Tucumán). It is a synonym of Tucma simplex Ravenna.

References[]

  1. ^ Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1909: 361 (1909).
  2. ^ Manning, John; Goldblatt, Peter (2008). The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. pp. 241–42. ISBN 0-88192-897-6.
  3. ^ Royal Horticultural Society, Kew. A detailed checklist for family Iridaceae.

Bibliography[]

  • Chiarini, Franco E. El cariotipo de Ennealophus fimbriatus (Iridaceae). Arnaldoa, ene./dic. 2005, vol.12, no.1-2, p. 48-52. ISSN 1815-8242.
  • Ravenna P. 1983. A new species and a new subgenus in Ennealophus (Iridaceae). Wrightia, 7. (3): 232-234


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