Phalocallis

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Cypella coelestis.jpg

| image_caption = Illustration in Curtis's botanical magazine vol. 65 NS. 12 tabl. 3710

| taxon = Phalocallis

| authority = Herb.

| type_species = Phalocallis coelestis

| type_species_authority = (Lehm.) Ravenna

| synonyms = {{species list |Cipura coelestis |(Lehm.) Heynh.

|Cipura northiana var. coelestis |(Lehm.) C.Morren

|Cypella coelestis |(Lehm.) Diels

|Marica coelestis |Lehm.

|Cypella gigantea |Klatt

|Cypella plumbea |Lindl.

|Phalocallis gigantea |(Klatt) Kuntze

|Phalocallis plumbea |(Lindl.) Herb.

|Polia platensis |Herb. ex Speg.

|Tigridia azurea |Anon.

|Tigridia coelestis |Lehm.

|Tigridia exaltata |Jacques}}

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Phalocallis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae.{{cite web |url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:20452-1 |title= Phalocallis Herb. |author= |date=n.d. |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=November 29, 2024}}{{cite web |url= https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/8W2BD |title= Phalocallis Herb. |author= |date=n.d. |website=Catalogue of Life |publisher=Species 2000 |access-date=November 29, 2024}} It was first described as a genus in 1839. It contains only one recognized species, Phalocallis coelestis, native to Paraná State in southern Brazil, and also in northeastern Argentina.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=324327 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]Múlgura, M.E. (1996). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de la República Argentina 1: 205-217. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.Ravenna, P. (2009). A survey in the genus Cypella and its allies (Iridaceae). Onira; Botanical Leaflets 12: 1-11.

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