Calydorea

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Iridaceae
Subfamilia: Iridoideae
Tribus: Tigridieae
Genus: Calydorea
Species: C. alba – C. amabilis – C. approximata – C. azurea – C. basaltica – C. bifida – C. campestris – C. chilensis – C. cipuroides – C. crocoides – C. gardneri – C. longipes – C. longispatha – C. luteola – C. mexicana – C. minima – C. nuda – C. pallens – C. undulata – C. venezolensis – C. xyphioides
Name

Calydorea Herb., 1843.

Typus: C. speciosa (Hook.) Herb. = Calydorea xyphioides (Poepp.) Espinosa

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Botherbe Steud. ex Klatt, Linnaea 31: 562. 1862.
Catila Ravenna, Nordic J. Bot. 3: 197. 1983.
Itysa Ravenna, Nordic J. Bot. 6: 582. 1986.
Roterbe Klatt, Fl. Bras. (Martius) 3(1): 543. 1871, orth. var.
Tamia Ravenna, Onira 6: 16. 2001.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: S. Trop. America
Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Chile Central, Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Herbert, W. 1843. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 29. (Misc.): 85.

Additional references

Govaerts, R. 1999. World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b). 1532 pp.. MIM, Deurne. ISBN 90-5720-098-8 (issue 1), ISBN 90-5720-099-6 (issue 2b). Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Calydorea in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Feb 25. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Calydorea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Feb 25. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Calydorea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Feb 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Calydorea. Published online. Accessed: Feb 25 2022.

Vernacular names
English: Violet-lily

Calydorea is a small genus of perennial, herbaceous and bulbous plants in the family Iridaceae native to Mexico and South America.[2] The plants in the genus are small with tunicated bulbs. The flowers are light blue, violet, white, or yellow, depending on the species, of which there are around twenty. Taxonomists considered that the already known genera Salpingostylis (endemic from Florida), Cardiostigma (from Mexico), Catila (from Brazil) and Itysa (from Venezuela) are not enough different from each other to justify their taxonomic segregation and, for this reason, all of them are now included in Calydorea.[3]

The genus name is derived from the Greek words caly, meaning "sheathed", and dorea, meaning "spear".[4]

Species[5]

Calydorea alba Roitman & A.Castillo, Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 40: 311 (2005). Uruguay.
Calydorea amabilis (Ravenna) Goldblatt & Henrich, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 78: 511 (1991). Southern Brazil to North Eastern Argentina. (Syn.: Catila amabilis Ravenna)
Calydorea approximata R.C.Foster, Contr. Gray Herb. 155: 46 (1945). Bolivia to North Eastern Argentina.
Calydorea azurea Klatt, Abh. Naturf. Ges. Halle 15: 387 (1882). Bolivia to Uruguay.
Calydorea basaltica Ravenna, Onira 10: 40 (2005). Brazil (Paraná).
Calydorea bifida Ravenna, Onira 9: 23 (2003). Chile (Maule).
Calydorea campestris (Klatt) Baker, J. Bot. 14: 187 (1876). Brazil to Bolivia.
Calydorea chilensis Muñoz-Schick, Gayana, Bot. 60: 104 (2003). Chile (Maule).
Calydorea cipuroides Klatt, Abh. Naturf. Ges. Halle 15: 387 (1882). Colombia to Venezuela.
Calydorea crocoides Ravenna, Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 10: 311 (1965). South Eastern and Southern Brazil.
Calydorea gardneri Baker, J. Bot. 14: 188 (1876). Brazil (Piauí, Mato Grosso).
Calydorea longipes Ravenna, Onira 10: 41 (2005). Brazil (Paraná).
Calydorea longispatha (Herb.) Baker, J. Bot. 14: 188 (1876). Central and South Western Mexico.
Calydorea luteola (Klatt) Baker, J. Bot. 14: 188 (1876). S. Brazil.
Calydorea mexicana (R.C.Foster) Goldblatt & Henrich, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 78: 510 (1991). Mexico (Mexico State).
Calydorea minima Roitman & J.A.Castillo, Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 42: 321 (2007). Paraguay to Argentina (Corrientes Province).
Calydorea nuda (Herb.) Baker, J. Bot. 14: 188 (1876). Uruguay.
Calydorea pallens Griseb., Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24: 324 (1879). Northern Argentina.
Calydorea undulata Ravenna, Onira 6: 14 (2001). Argentina (Córdoba).
Calydorea venezolensis (Ravenna) Goldblatt & Henrich, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 78: 511 (1991). Venezuela. (syn.: Itysa venezolensis Ravenna)
Calydorea xyphioides (Poepp.) Espinosa, Revista Chilena Hist. Nat. 26: 18 (1922). Central Chile.

References

Edwards's Bot. Reg. 29: 85 (1843).
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Goldblatt, P. & J.E. Henrich. 1991. Calydorea Herbert (Iridaceae-Tigridieae): Notes on this New World genus and reduction to synonymy of Salpingostylis, Cardiostigma, Itysa and Catila. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 78: 504-511
Manning, John; Goldblatt, Peter (2008). The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. pp. 233–35. ISBN 0-88192-897-6.

Royal Horticultural Society, Kew. A detailed checklist for genus Calydorea .

Bibliography

Goldblatt, P. & J.E. Henrich. 1991. Calydorea Herbert (Iridaceae-Tigridieae): Notes on this New World genus and reduction to synonymy of Salpingostylis, Cardiostigma, Itysa and Catila. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 78: 504-511
Muñoz-Schick, M. Tres nuevas Monocotiledóneas descubiertas en Chile: Alstroemeria mollensis M.Muñoz et A.Brinck (Alstroemeriaceae), Miersia chilensis var. bicolor M.Muñoz (Gilliesiaceae) y Calydorea chilensis M.Muñoz (Iridaceae). Gayana Bot., 2003, vol.60, no.2, p.101-106.
Roitman, G. & Castillo, A. Calydorea alba (Iridaceae, Tigrideae), a new species from Uruguay. Boletín Sociedad Argentina Botánica. 40 (3-4) 2005.