Alophia
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- For the moth genus, see Alophia (moth).
| Alophia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta |
| Class: | Liliopsida |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Iridaceae |
| Genus: | Alophia Herb. Bot. Mag. 66: t. 3779 (1840). |
| Type species | |
| Alophia drummondii (Graham) Herbert |
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Alophia is a small genus of perennial, herbaceous and bulbous plants in the iris family (Iridaceae). The genus comprise five species that occur from center and southern North America to Brazil and Argentina. The genus is closely related to Herbertia, Cypella and Tigridia, differentiating from them by some characters of the stamen and the gynoecium. The genus name is derived from the Greek words a-, meaning "without", and lophos, meaning "crest".[2]
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[edit] Species
The list of Alophia species, with their complete name and authority, and their geographic distribution is given below. [3]
- Alophia drummondii (Graham) R.C.Foster, Contr. Gray Herb. 155: 34 (1945). Southern United States to Mexico, Guyana and Bolivia.
- Alophia intermedia (Ravenna) Goldblatt, Brittonia 27: 384 (1975 publ. 1976). NW Mexico. (Sinaloa).
- Alophia medusa (Baker) Goldblatt, Brittonia 27: 384 (1975 publ. 1976). Brazil (Goiás).
- Alophia silvestris (Loes.) Goldblatt, Brittonia 27: 384 (1975 publ. 1976). Southern Mexico to Costa Rica.
- Alophia veracruzana Goldblatt & T.M.Howard, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 79: 903 (1992). Mexico (Veracruz).
[edit] References
- ^ R. K. Brummitt. 1980. Propose to conserve Alophia over Eustylis. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta, 22. Taxon, Vol. 29, No. 4 (Aug., 1980), pp. 489-493
- ^ Manning, John; Goldblatt, Peter (2008). The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. pp. 232–33. ISBN 0-88192-897-6.
- ^ Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. World Checklist of Monocotyledons: Alophia. Accessed April 16 2009.
[edit] Bibliography
- Peter Goldblatt & Thad M. Howard. Notes on Alophia (Iridaceae) and a New Species, A. veracruzana, from Vera Cruz, Mexico. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, Vol. 79, No. 4 (1992), pp. 901-905
- Peter Goldblatt. 1975. Revision of the bulbous Iridaceae of North America. Brittonia 27: 373- 385.
