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Ennealophus

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Ennealophus
Ennealophus euryandrus
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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]
Type species
Ennealophus amazonicus
N.E.Br.
Species

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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

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The species of the genus and their geographic distribution is the following:[3]

References

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  1. ^ Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1909: 361 (1909).
  2. ^ Manning, John; Goldblatt, Peter (2008). The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. pp. 241–42. ISBN 978-0-88192-897-6.
  3. ^ Royal Horticultural Society, Kew. A detailed checklist for family Iridaceae.

Bibliography

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  • 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