Tigridia
| Tigridia | |
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| Tigridia pavonia in Mexico | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Iridaceae |
| Subfamily: | Iridoideae |
| Tribe: | Tigridieae |
| Genus: | Tigridia Juss. |
| Type species | |
| Tigridia pavonia | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Tigridia /taɪˈɡrɪdiə/,[2] the peacock flowers,[3] tiger-flowers or shell flowers, is a genus of bulbous or cormous plants, belonging to the family Iridaceae. They have large showy flowers and one species, Tigridia pavonia, is often cultivated for this. The approximately thirty five species in this family grow in the Western Hemisphere, from Mexico to Chile.[1] The tigridia flower is short lived, each often blooming for only one day, but often several flowers will bloom from the same stalk. Usually they are dormant during the winter dry-season. Its roots are edible and were eaten by the Aztecs of Mexico who called it cacomitl and its flower ocēlōxōchitl "Jaguar flower". The genus name means "tiger-like" and alludes to the coloration and spotting of the flowers of the type species Tigridia pavonia.[4][5][6][7]
- Species[1]
- Tigridia albicans Ravenna - Tacna Province in Peru
- Tigridia alpestris Molseed - Mexico
- Tigridia amatlanensis Aarón Rodr. & García-Mend - Oaxaca
- Tigridia augusta Drapiez - central + southern Mexico
- Tigridia bicolor Molseed - Oaxaca
- Tigridia catarinensis Cruden - San Luis Potosí
- Tigridia chiapensis Molseed ex Cruden - Chiapas
- Tigridia chrysantha Cruden & S.J.Walker ex McVaugh - Jalisco
- Tigridia convoluta (Ravenna) Goldblatt - Oaxaca
- Tigridia conzattii (R.C.Foster) Goldblatt - Oaxaca
- Tigridia dugesii S.Watson - Jalisco
- Tigridia durangense Molseed ex Cruden - Durango
- Tigridia ehrenbergii (Schltdl.) Molseed - Mexico
- Tigridia estelae López-Ferr. & Espejo - Durango
- Tigridia flammea (Lindl.) Ravenna - Michoacán
- Tigridia galanthoides Molseed - southern Mexico
- Tigridia gracielae Aarón Rodr. & Ortiz-Cat. - México State
- Tigridia hallbergii Molseed - central + southern Mexico, Guatemala
- Tigridia hintonii Molseed - Guerrero
- Tigridia huajuapanensis Molseed ex Cruden - Oaxaca
- Tigridia huyanae (J.F.Macbr.) Ravenna - Lima Province in Peru
- Tigridia illecebrosa Cruden - central + southern Mexico
- Tigridia immaculata (Herb.) Ravenna - Oaxaca, Chiapas, Guatemala
- Tigridia inusitata (Cruden) Ravenna - Guerrero
- Tigridia mariaetrinitatis Espejo & López-Ferr. - Oaxaca
- Tigridia martinezii Calderón - Hidalgo
- Tigridia matudae Molseed - México State
- Tigridia meleagris (Lindl.) G.Nicholson - central + southern Mexico, Guatemala
- Tigridia mexicana Molseed - central + southern Mexico
- Tigridia minuta Ravenna - Apurímac + Ayacucho Provinces in Peru
- Tigridia molseediana Ravenna - Oaxaca, Guatemala
- Tigridia mortonii Molseed - México State
- Tigridia multiflora (Baker) Ravenna - central + southern Mexico
- Tigridia oaxacana (Molseed) Goldblatt - Oaxaca
- Tigridia orthantha (Lem.) Ravenna - Oaxaca, Chiapas, Guatemala
- Tigridia pavonia (L.f.) Redouté - widespread across much of Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras; naturalized in Peru, Ecuador, Madeira
- Tigridia pearcei (Baker) Ravenna - Huánuco region in Peru
- Tigridia philippiana I.M.Johnst. - Tarapacá + Antofagasta Provinces in Chile
- Tigridia potosina López-Ferr. & Espejo - San Luis Potosí
- Tigridia pugana Aarón Rodr. & Ortiz-Cat. - Jalisco
- Tigridia pulchella B.L.Rob. - Jalisco, Michoacán
- Tigridia purpusii Molseed - Puebla
- Tigridia purruchucana (Herb.) Ravenna - Lima Province in Peru
- Tigridia raimondii Ravenna - Arequipa Province in Peru
- Tigridia rzedowskiana Aarón Rodr. & Ortiz-Cat. - Querétaro
- Tigridia seleriana (Loes.) Ravenna - Oaxaca, Chiapas, Guatemala
- Tigridia suarezii Aarón Rodr. & Ortiz-Cat. - Jalisco
- Tigridia tepoxtlana Ravenna - Morelos
- Tigridia vanhouttei(Baker) Espejo & López-Ferr - central + northeastern Mexico
- Tigridia venusta Cruden - Michoacán
- Tigridia violacea Schiede ex Schltdl. - central + southern Mexico
References
- ^ a b c "Tigridia". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
- ^ Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Tigridia". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
- ^ Manning, John; Goldblatt, Peter (2008). The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. pp. 253–56. ISBN 0-88192-897-6.
- ^ Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater. 1994. Alismataceae a Cyperaceae. 6: i–xvi, 1–543. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Fl. Mesoamer.. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D. F.
- ^ Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. (eds.) 2011. Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 9–939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín
- ^ Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1952. Iridaceae. In Flora of Guatemala - Part III. Fieldiana, Botany 24(3): 159–178
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