Eleutherine
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- Galatea Herb. 1819 name published without description
- Galatea Salisb. ex Kuntze 1891 not Salisb. 1812
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Eleutherine is a genus of herbaceous, perennial and bulbous plants in the Iris family (Iridaceae), first described as a genus in 1843. It is native to Latin America and the West Indies.[1]
The genus name may be derived from the Greek word eleuthera, meaning "free".[2]
- Species[1]
- 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
- 1 2 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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