Iphigenia (plant)
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Liliales |
Family: | Colchicaceae |
Genus: | Iphigenia Kunth |
Species | |
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Iphigenia is a plant genus in the family Colchicaceae of the major group Angiosperms.[1] It was described by Kunth.[2] It consists of 11 species distributed from tropical Africa, over Madagascar and India to Australia.[3] As with other taxa in Colchicaceae Iphigenia contains phenethylisoquinoline alkaloids including colchicine.[4][5]
Species[]
African species[]
- Engl.
- Martelli
Arabian species[]
- Iphigenia socotrana Thulin
Indian species[]
- (L.) A.Gray ex Kunth - range extending to China, New Guinea + Australia
- Ansari & R.S.Rao
- Arekal & S.N.Ramaswamy
- Baker
- Ansari & R.S.Rao
- Blatt.
Madagascar species[]
- H.Perrier
- Baker
New Zealand species[]
- (Hook.f.) Baker
References[]
- ^ "Iphigenia". Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- ^ Kunth KS, Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum, vol. 4, p. 212. 1843
- ^ Colchicaceae checklist, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew - available at http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
- ^ Vinnersten A & Larsson S, Colchicine is still a chemical marker for the expanded Colchicaceae. Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 38: 1193, 2010.
- ^ Larsson S & Rønsted N, Reviewing Colchicaceae alkaloids - perspectives of evolution on medicinal chemistry. Curr. Topics Med. Chem. 14: 274, 2014
Categories:
- Colchicaceae
- Colchicaceae genera
- Liliales stubs