Eleutherine

Eleutherine is a genus of herbaceous, perennial and bulbous plants in the family Iridaceae, first described as a genus in 1843. It is native to Latin America and the West Indies.

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GENUS

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderAsparagales
FamilyIridaceae

Native toArgentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana

via GBIF · Kew POWO

Museum specimens

Specimen records: 22
With media: 4
Family: Iridaceae
Collections: UNIVASF, MO, NY, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), UNEMAT, UEFS
Recorded in: Brasil, Peru, Brazil, Mexico, United States

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Eleutherine is a genus of herbaceous, perennial and bulbous plants in the family Iridaceae, first described as a genus in 1843. It is native to Latin America and the West Indies.

The genus name may be derived from the Greek word eleuthera, meaning "free". Species Eleutherine angusta Ravenna - Paraguay, Mato Grosso do Sul Eleutherine bulbosa (Mill.) Urb. - West Indies, South America; naturalized in Zaire, Réunion, India, Cambodia, Vietnam Eleutherine citriodora (Ravenna) Ravenna - Bolivia, northern Argentina Eleutherine latifolia (Standl. & L.O.Williams) Ravenna - Mexico, Central America, Bolivia, northern Argentina

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