Biology:Ennealophus
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
| Ennealophus | |
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| Ennealophus euryandrus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Iridaceae |
| Subfamily: | Iridoideae |
| Tribe: | Tigridieae |
| Genus: | Ennealophus N.E.Br.[1] |
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| Ennealophus amazonicus N.E.Br.
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Ennealophus is a genus of perennial, herbaceous and bulbous plants in the family Iridaceae. It consists in five species distributed from Ecuador to Northern Brazil and Northwest Argentina . The genus name is derived from the Greek words ennea, meaning "nine", and lophus, meaning "crest".[2]
List of species
The species of the genus and their geographic distribution is the following:[3]
- Ennealophus boliviensis (Baker) Ravenna, Notas Mens. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. (Chile) 21: 8 (1977). Bolivia.
- Ennealophus euryandrus (Griseb.) Ravenna, Anales Mus. Hist. Nat. Valparaiso 6: 42 (1973). Northwest Argentina.
- Ennealophus fimbriatus Ravenna, Wrightia 7: 232 (1983). Northwest de Argentina.
- Ennealophus foliosus (Kunth) Ravenna, Notas Mens. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. (Chile) 21: 8 (1977). Ecuador to Perú and Northern Brazil.
- Ennealophus simplex (Ravenna) Roitman & J.A.Castillo, Darwiniana 45: 238 (2007). Northwest Argentina (Jujuy, Tucumán). It is a synonym of Tucma simplex Ravenna.
References
- ↑ Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1909: 361 (1909).
- ↑ Manning, John; Goldblatt, Peter (2008). The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. pp. 241–42. ISBN 0-88192-897-6.
- ↑ Royal Horticultural Society, Kew. A detailed checklist for family Iridaceae.
Bibliography
- Chiarini, Franco E. El cariotipo de Ennealophus fimbriatus (Iridaceae). Arnaldoa, ene./dic. 2005, vol.12, no.1-2, p. 48-52. ISSN 1815-8242.
- Ravenna P. 1983. A new species and a new subgenus in Ennealophus (Iridaceae). Wrightia, 7. (3): 232-234
Wikidata ☰ Q5379148 entry
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