Cipura

Genus of flowering plants

Cipura
Cipura xanthomelas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Subfamily: Iridoideae
Tribe: Tigridieae
Genus: Cipura
Aubl.
Type species
Cipura paludosia
Aubl.
Synonyms[1]
  • Bauxia Neck.
  • Marica Schreb.

Cipura is a genus of perennial, herbaceous and bulbous plants in the family Iridaceae, related to the genus Cypella. The plants are widely distributed in Mexico, Central, the West Indies, and South America.[1][2][3]

Species[1]
  • Cipura campanulata Ravenna – from central Mexico to northern Brazil
  • Cipura formosa Ravenna – eastern + central Brazil
  • Cipura gigas Celis, Goldblatt & Betancur - Colombia + Venezuela.
  • Cipura insularis Ravenna – western Cuba
  • Cipura paludosa Aubl. – Mexico, South America (as far south as Paraguay), Central America, and the West Indies; naturalized in India
  • Cipura paradisiaca RavennaGoiás State in Brazil
  • Cipura rupicola Goldblatt & Henrich – eastern Colombia + southern Venezuela
  • Cipura xanthomelas Maxim. ex Klatt – eastern + central Brazil

References

  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Celis, M., Peter Goldblatt & Julio Betancurc. A New Species of Cipura (Iridaceae) from Colombia and Venezuela. Novon Vol. 13, No. 4, pp. 419–422.
  3. ^ Peter Goldblatt, James E. Henrich. Notes on Cipura (Iridaceae) in South and Central America, and a New Species from Venezuela. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, Vol. 74, No. 2 (1987), pp. 333-340

External links

Wikispecies has information related to Cipura.
  • Images of species of Cipura from the Pacific Bulb Society
Taxon identifiers
Cipura