Iphigenia (plant)

Iphigenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Liliales
Family:	Colchicaceae
Genus:	Iphigenia; Kunth
Species
	See text

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

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[1] "Iphigenia". Retrieved 13 January 2014.

[2] Kunth KS, Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum, vol. 4, p. 212. 1843

[3] Colchicaceae checklist, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew - available at http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/

[4] Vinnersten A & Larsson S, Colchicine is still a chemical marker for the expanded Colchicaceae. Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 38: 1193, 2010.

[5] Larsson S & Rønsted N, Reviewing Colchicaceae alkaloids - perspectives of evolution on medicinal chemistry. Curr. Topics Med. Chem. 14: 274, 2014

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