Tapeinia

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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| genus = Tapeinia

| parent_authority = Comm. ex Juss.

| species = pumila

| authority = (G.Forst.) Baill.

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| Ixia pumila | G.Forst.

| Sisyrinchium pumilum | (G.Forst.) Hook.f.

| Witsenia pumila | (G.Forst.) Vahl

| Galaxia magellanica | (Lam.) Steud.

| Ixia magellanica | Lam.

| Moraea magellanica | (Lam.) Willd.

| Tapeinia magellanica | (Lam.) J.F.Gmel.

| Witsenia magellanica | (Lam.) Pers.

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| synonyms_ref = {{cite POWO |id=441482-1 |title=Tapeinia pumila |access-date=14 February 2024}}

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Tapeinia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae. The genus name is derived from the Greek word tapeinos, meaning "low".{{cite book |author1=Manning, John |author2=Goldblatt, Peter |title=The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification |publisher=Timber Press |location=Portland, Oregon|pages=91–93 |year=2008|isbn=978-0-88192-897-6}} The single species, Tapeinia pumila, is native to Southern Chile (from Araucanía to Magallanes regions) and Argentina.{{Cite journal |last1=Rodriguez |first1=Roberto |last2=Marticorena |first2=Clodomiro |last3=Alarcón |first3=Diego |last4=Baeza |first4=Carlos |last5=Cavieres |first5=Lohengrin |last6=Finot |first6=Víctor L. |last7=Fuentes |first7=Nicol |last8=Kiessling |first8=Andrea |last9=Mihoc |first9=Maritza |last10=Pauchard |first10=Aníbal |last11=Ruiz |first11=Eduardo |last12=Sanchez |first12=Paulina |last13=Marticorena |first13=Alicia |last14=Rodriguez |first14=Roberto |last15=Marticorena |first15=Clodomiro |date= June 2018|title=Catalogue of the vascular plants of Chile |url=http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0717-66432018000100001&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en |journal=Gayana. Botánica |volume=75 |issue=1 |pages=1–430 |doi=10.4067/S0717-66432018000100001 |issn=0717-6643|doi-access=free }}