Tigridia

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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| image = Tigridia pavonia flower.jpg

| image_caption = Tigridia pavonia in Mexico

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| taxon = Tigridia

| authority = Juss.

| type_species = Tigridia pavonia

| type_species_authority = (L.f.) Redouté

|synonyms_ref = {{cite web |title=Tigridia Juss. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30022912-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=30 October 2023 |language=en}}

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  • Ainea Ravenna in Bot. Not. 132: 467 (1979)
  • Beatonia Herb. in Bot. Mag. 66: t. 3779 (1840)
  • Cardiostigma Baker in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 102 (1877)
  • Colima (Ravenna) Aarón Rodr. & Ortiz-Cat. in Acta Bot. Mex. 65: 53 (2003)
  • Fosteria Molseed in Brittonia 20: 232 (1968)
  • Hydrotaenia Lindl. in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 24(Misc.): 69 (1838)
  • Pardinia Herb. in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 30(Misc.): 66 (1844)
  • Rigidella Lindl. in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 26: t. 16 (1840)
  • Sessilanthera {{au|Molseed & Cruden in Brittonia 21: 191 (1969)}}

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Tigridia {{IPAc-en|t|aɪ|ˈ|ɡ|r|ɪ|d|i|ə}},Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607 is a genus of bulbous or cormous flowering plants belonging to the family Iridaceae. With common names including peacock flowers,{{PLANTS|id=TIGRI|taxon=Tigridia|access-date=10 December 2015}} tiger flowers, jaguar flowers,Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater. 1994. Alismataceae a Cyperaceae. 6: i–xvi, 1–543. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Fl. Mesoamer.. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D. F. or shell flowers, they have large showy flowers; and one species, Tigridia pavonia, is often cultivated for this. The approximately 60 species in this family grow in the Americas, from Mexico down to Chile.

The tigridia flower is short lived, each often blooming for only one day, but often several flowers will bloom from the same stalk. Usually they are dormant during the winter dry-season. The roots are edible and were eaten by the Aztecs of Mexico who called it cacomitl, and its flower ocēlōxōchitl meaning "jaguar flower".

It was first published by French botanist Antoine Laurent de Jussieu in his book Genera plantarum on page 57 in 1789.

The genus name Tigridia means "tiger-like", and alludes to the coloration and spotting of the flowers of the type species Tigridia pavonia.{{cite book |author1=Manning, John |author2=Goldblatt, Peter |title=The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification |publisher=Timber Press |location=Portland, Oregon|pages=253–56 |year=2008|isbn=978-0-88192-897-6}}Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. (eds.) 2011. Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 9–939. Universidad de Antioquia, MedellínStandley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1952. Iridaceae. In Flora of Guatemala - Part III. Fieldiana, Botany 24(3): 159–178

Species

There are 60 species accepted by Plants of the World Online;

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Hybrids

Several hybrids exist, including;

Tigridia × mathewii {{au|J.M.H.Shaw}}, first published in Phytoneuron 2015-53: 4 in 2015.

It is an artificial hybrid, a cross of T. orthantha × T. pavonia.{{cite web |title=Tigridia × mathewii J.M.H.Shaw {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77159180-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=30 October 2023 |language=en}}

Distribution

They are native to the countries (and regions) of; northern Chile, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Peru.

They have been introduced into: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Madeira.

References

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Other sources

  • Rodriguez, A. and K. Sytsma. 2006. Phylogeny of the "Tiger-flower" group (Tigrideae: Iridaceae): Molecular and morphological evidence. Pp. 412–424, in J.T. Columbus, E.A. Friar, J.M. Porter, L.M. Prince and M.G. Simpson (eds.). Monocots: Comparative Biology and Evolution, Vol. 1. Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont.

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Category:Iridaceae

Category:Iridaceae genera

Category:Flora of Mexico

Category:Flora of El Salvador

Category:Flora of Guatemala

Category:Flora of Honduras

Category:Flora of Peru

Category:Flora of northern Chile

Category:Flora of central Chile

Category:Flora of southern Chile

Category:Plants described in 1789

{{Commons category|Tigridia (Iridaceae)|Tigridia}}