Eleutherine

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Iridaceae
Subfamilia: Iridoideae
Tribus: Tigridieae
Genus: Eleutherine
Species: E. angusta – E. bulbosa – E. citriodora – E. latifolia
Name

Eleutherine Herb., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 29: t. 57. 1843, nom. cons.
Synonyms

Homotypic

Galatea Salisb. ex Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 701. 1891, nom. illeg.

Heterotypic

Galatea Salisb., Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 310. 1812.

Infrageneric taxa

Eleutherine americana Merr. ex K.Heyne
Eleutherine angusta Ravenna
Eleutherine anomala Herb.
Eleutherine bulbosa Urb.
Eleutherine bulbosa subsp. citriodora Ravenna
Eleutherine citriodora (Ravenna) Ravenna
Eleutherine guatemalensis Standl.
Eleutherine latifolia (Standl. & L.O.Williams) Ravenna
Eleutherine longifolia Gagnep.
Eleutherine palmifolia Merr.
Eleutherine plicata (Sw.) Herb.
Eleutherine subaphylla Gagnep.

References

Govaerts, R. (2006). World Checklist of Monocotyledons. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2009 April 1 [1].

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]

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

Edwards's Botanical Register 29: t. 57 (1843), conserved name
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.