Eleutherine

Eleutherine
Eleutherine bulbosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Iridaceae
Subfamily:	Iridoideae
Tribe:	Tigridieae
Genus:	Eleutherine Herb.
Type species
Eleutherine plicata Herb.
Synonyms
Galatea Salisb. 1812 Galatea Herb. 1819 name published without description Galatea Salisb. ex Kuntze 1891 not Salisb. 1812

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

References

• Peter Goldblatt and Neil Snow. 1991. Systematics and Chromosome Cytology of Eleutherine Herbert (Iridaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, Vol. 78, No. 4 (1991), pp. 942–949.

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