Mastigostyla

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Mastigostyla hoppii.jpg

| image_caption = Mastigostyla hoppii

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| taxon = Mastigostyla

| authority = I.M. Johnston

| type_species = Mastigostyla cyrtophylla

| type_species_authority = I.M. Johnston

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| synonyms = * Cardenanthus R.C.Foster

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Mastigostyla is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, first described as a genus in 1928. The entire group is endemic to South America.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=323706 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families] The genus name is derived from the Greek words mastigos, meaning "whip", and stylos, meaning "style".{{cite book |author1=Manning, John |author2=Goldblatt, Peter |title=The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification |publisher=Timber Press |location=Portland, Oregon|pages=247–50 |year=2008|isbn=978-0-88192-897-6}}Innes, C. (1985). The World of Iridaceae: 1-407. Holly Gate International Ltd., Ashington.Múlgura, M.E. (1996). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de la República Argentina 1: 205-217. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.

; Species

• Mastigostyla boliviensis (R.C.Foster) Goldblatt - Bolivia
• Mastigostyla brachiandra Ravenna - Argentina (Salta)
• Mastigostyla brevicaulis (Baker) R.C.Foster - Bolivia
• Mastigostyla cabrerae R.C.Foster - Argentina (Jujuy, Salta)
• Mastigostyla candaravensis Ravenna - Peru (Tacna)
• Mastigostyla cardenasii R.C.Foster - Bolivia, Peru (Cusco)
• Mastigostyla chuquisacensis Huaylla & Wilkin - Bolivia
• Mastigostyla cyrtophylla I.M.Johnst. - Peru (Arequipa)
• Mastigostyla gracilis R.C.Foster - Chile, Bolivia
• Mastigostyla herrerae (Vargas) Ravenna - Peru (Cusco)
• Mastigostyla hoppii R.C.Foster - Peru (Arequipa)
• Mastigostyla humilis Ravenna - Peru (Cusco)
• Mastigostyla implicata Ravenna - Argentina (Jujuy)
• Mastigostyla johnstonii R.C.Foster - Argentina (Tucumán)
• Mastigostyla longituba (R.C.Foster) Ravenna - Bolivia
• Mastigostyla macbridei (R.C.Foster) Ravenna - Peru (Lima, Junín)
• Mastigostyla major Ravenna, Revista Inst. Munic. Bot. 2: 56 (1964). - Peru (Apurímac, Ayacucho)
• Mastigostyla mirabilis Ravenna - Argentina (Tucumán)
• Mastigostyla orurensis (R.C.Foster) Ravenna - Bolivia
• Mastigostyla peruviana R.C.Foster - Peru (Apurímac)
• Mastigostyla potosina R.C.Foster - Bolivia
• Mastigostyla shepardiae (R.C.Foster) Ravenna - Peru (Puno)
• Mastigostyla spathacea (Griseb.) Ravenna - northern Argentina
• Mastigostyla torotoroensis Huaylla & Wilkin - Bolivia
• Mastigostyla tunariensis (R.C.Foster) Ravenna - Bolivia
• Mastigostyla venturii (R.C.Foster) Ravenna - Argentina (Jujuy, Tucumán)
• Mastigostyla woodii Huaylla & Wilkin - Bolivia