Eleutherine is a genus of herbaceous, perennial and bulbous plants in the family Iridaceae, first described as a genus in 1843. It is native to Latin America and the West Indies.[2]
| Eleutherine | |
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| Eleutherine bulbosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Iridaceae |
| Subfamily: | Iridoideae |
| Tribe: | Tigridieae |
| Genus: | Eleutherine Herb.[1] |
| Type species | |
| Eleutherine plicata | |
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The genus name may be derived from the Greek word eleuthera, meaning "free".[3]
- Species[2]
- Eleutherine angusta Ravenna - Paraguay, Mato Grosso do Sul
- Eleutherine bulbosa (Mill.) Urb. - West Indies, South America; naturalized in Zaire, Réunion, India, Cambodia, Vietnam
- Eleutherine citriodora (Ravenna) Ravenna - Bolivia, northern Argentina
- Eleutherine latifolia (Standl. & L.O.Williams) Ravenna - Mexico, Central America, Bolivia, northern Argentina
References edit
- ^ Edwards's Botanical Register 29: t. 57 (1843), conserved name
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Manning, John; Goldblatt, Peter (2008). The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. pp. 240–41. ISBN 0-88192-897-6.
- Peter Goldblatt and Neil Snow. 1991. Systematics and Chromosome Cytology of Eleutherine Herbert (Iridaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, Vol. 78, No. 4 (1991), pp. 942–949.
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