Iphigenia is a flowering plant in the family Colchicaceae.[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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Colchicaceae |
| Genus: | Iphigenia Kunth |
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Species edit
African species edit
- Iphigenia oliveri Engl.
- Iphigenia pauciflora Martelli
Arabian species edit
- Iphigenia socotrana Thulin
Indian species edit
- Iphigenia indica (L.) A.Gray ex Kunth - range extending to China, New Guinea + Australia
- Iphigenia magnifica Ansari & R.S.Rao
- Iphigenia mysorensis Arekal & S.N.Ramaswamy
- Iphigenia pallida Baker
- Iphigenia sahyadrica Ansari & R.S.Rao
- Iphigenia stellata Blatt.
Madagascar species edit
- Iphigenia boinensis H.Perrier
- Iphigenia robusta Baker
New Zealand species edit
- Iphigenia novae-zelandiae (Hook.f.) Baker
Taxonomy edit
The genus name of Iphigenia is in reference to Iphigenia, the Greek mythological character, who was a daughter of King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra, and such was a princess of Mycenae.[6]
References edit
- ^ "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
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
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