Solenomelus

{{short description|Genus of flowering plants in the iris family Iridaceae}}

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|image = Solenomelus pedunculatus.jpg

|image_caption = Solenomelus pedunculatus

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|taxon = Solenomelus

|authority = Miers

|type_species = Solenomelus chilensis

|type_species_authority = Miers

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|synonyms =

• Cruckshanksia Miers, invalid name
• Lechlera Griseb.
• Susarium Phil.

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Solenomelus is a genus of South American (Argentina & Chile)[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=324743 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families] species of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae. They are very closely allied to Sisyrinchium with rhizomes, flowers with a perianth tube and a style that is not divided and a single capitate stigma. The genus name is derived from the Greek words solen, meaning "tube", and melos, meaning "member".{{cite book |author1=Manning, John |author2=Goldblatt, Peter |title=The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification |publisher=Timber Press |location=Portland, Oregon|pages=225–26 |year=2008|isbn=978-0-88192-897-6}}

; Species

• Solenomelus pedunculatus (Gillies ex Hook.) Hochr.Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 6: 269 1910 - northern + central Chile
• Solenomelus segethi (Phil.) KuntzeRevis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 309 1898 - central Chile, southern Argentina