Ennealophus
{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
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|authority = N.E.Br.Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1909: 361 (1909).
|type_species = Ennealophus amazonicus
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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".{{cite book |author1=Manning, John |author2=Goldblatt, Peter |title=The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification |publisher=Timber Press |location=Portland, Oregon|pages=241–42 |year=2008|isbn=978-0-88192-897-6}}
List of species
The species of the genus and their geographic distribution is the following:Royal Horticultural Society, Kew. [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/reportbuilder.do A detailed checklist for family Iridaceae.]
- Ennealophus boliviensis (Baker) Ravenna, Notas Mens. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. (Chile) 21: 8 (1977). Bolivia.
- Ennealophus euryandrus (Griseb.) Ravenna, Anales Mus. Hist. Nat. Valparaiso 6: 42 (1973). Northwest Argentina.
- Ennealophus fimbriatus Ravenna, Wrightia 7: 232 (1983). Northwest de Argentina.
- Ennealophus foliosus (Kunth) Ravenna, Notas Mens. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. (Chile) 21: 8 (1977). Ecuador to Peru and Northern Brazil.
- Ennealophus simplex (Ravenna) Roitman & J.A.Castillo, Darwiniana 45: 238 (2007). Northwest Argentina (Jujuy, Tucumán). It is a synonym of Tucma simplex Ravenna.
References
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Bibliography
- 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
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Category:Taxa named by N. E. Brown
Category:Flora of Southern America
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