Iphigenia (genus)
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The plant genus Iphigenia belongs to the timeless family (Colchicaceae). There are about twelve species common in Ancient World .
description
Appearance and leaves
Iphigenia species grow as perennial herbaceous plants . As storage organs , these geophytes form underground tubers that are covered by a tunic. The upright stems are leafy.
There are some basal, scattered alternate, spiral or two-line arranged, seated, linear leaves on the stem , which are divided into leaf sheath and leaf blade. The leaf sheath is tubular or open. The simple leaf blade is flat, linear or lanceolate and parallel-veined.
Inflorescences, flowers, fruits and seeds
The flowers stand together individually or in groups in terminal, umbrella- shaped inflorescences . The bracts are similar to foliage. The flower stalks are long.
The hermaphrodite flowers are radial symmetry and threefold. The six equal-faceted bloom are free to spread, very narrow, nailed and usually early transient. There are two circles with three stamens each. The free stamens inserted at the base of the bracts are short and somewhat flat. The dorsifix, freely movable anthers are bent outwards and open with longitudinal slits. Three carpels are an ovoid to elongated, upper permanent, dreikammerigen ovary grown. Each ovary chamber contains many ovules . The short style ends in a three-lobed scar that has scar tissue on the top.
The loculicidal capsule fruits contain many seeds. The almost spherical seeds have a thin, brown seed coat (testa).
Systematics and distribution
The Iphigenia species are widespread in the Old World. They occur on the African mainland , in Madagascar and Socotra , in tropical Asia and in Australia .
The genus Iphigenia was established in 1843 by Karl Sigismund Kunth in Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum , Volume 4, p. 212. Type species is Iphigenia indica (L.) Kunth. The genus name Iphigenia comes from Greek mythology: after Iphigenia , the daughter of Agamemnon and Klytaimnestra. Synonyms for Iphigenia Kunth are: Aphoma Raf. nom. rej ., Notocles Salisb. , Hypoxidopsis Steud. ex Baker . Although Aphoma Raf. was already published by Constantine S. Rafinesque-Schmaltz in 1836/37 , it is a nom. , according to ICBN rules (Art. 14.4 & App. III). rej. (nomen rejiciendum) in favor of Iphigenia Kunth .
The genus Iphigenia belongs to the tribe Iphigenieae within the family Colchicaceae ; it was formerly part of the Liliaceae family.
There are about twelve species of Iphigenia :
- Iphigenia boinensis H.Perrier : It occurs in western Madagascar .
- Iphigenia indica (L.) A. Gray ex Kunth (Syn .: Melanthium indicum L. , Anguillaria indica (L.) R.Br. , Notocles indica (L.) Salisb. Nom. Inval., Melanthium caricinum Roth , Melanthium racemosum Roth , Anguillaria cochinchinensis Spreng. , Anguillaria caricina Schult. & Schult.f. , Anguillaria racemosa Schult. & Schult.f. , Aphoma angustiflora Raf. , Aphoma cuneata Raf. , Iphigenia caricina (Schult. & Schult.f.) Kunth , Iphigenia racemosa A. Gray ex Kunth , Hypoxidopsis pumila Steud. Ex Baker , Lloydia melanantha H.Lév. ): It is widespread from Sri Lanka via India , Nepal , Myanmar , Thailand , Cambodia , Vietnam to the Chinese provinces of Hainan and Yunnan , Indonesia , the Philippines and northern Australia.
- Iphigenia magnifica Ansari & RSRao : It occurs in southern India.
- Iphigenia mysorensis Arekal & SNRamaswamy : It occurs in southern India.
- Iphigenia oliveri Engl .: It occurs in Ethiopia and the southwestern Arabian Peninsula to southern Africa .
- Iphigenia pallida Baker : It occurs in southern India.
- Iphigenia pauciflora Martelli : It occurs in tropical Africa.
- Iphigenia robusta Baker : It occurs in central Madagascar.
- Iphigenia sahyadrica Ansari & RSRao : It occurs in southern India.
- Iphigenia socotrana Thulin : This endemic occurs only on Socotra .
- Iphigenia stellata leaf. : It occurs only in the Indian state of Maharashtra .
No longer counted in this genus:
- Iphigenia novae-zelandiae (Hook.f. ex Kirk) Baker => Wurmbea novae-zelandiae (Hook.f. ex Kirk) Lekhak, Survesw. & SRYadav . It occurs in New Zealand from southern Canterbury to northern Otago.
use
Nothing is known about its use.
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- Chen Xinqi (陈心启) & Minoru N. Tamura: Iphigenia , p. 158 - online with the same text as the printed work , Wu Zheng-yi & Peter H. Raven (eds.): Flora of China , Volume 24 - Flagellariaceae through Marantaceae , Science Press and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing and St. Louis, 2000. ISBN 0-915279-83-5 (sections Description, Distribution and Systematics)
- GJ Harden: Entry in the New South Wales Flora Online . (Section description)
- J. Gathe & Leslie Watson, 2008: Entry in the Western Australian Flora . (Section description)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Uphigenia. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved June 29, 2018.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h Chen Xinqi (陈心启) & Minoru N. Tamura: Iphigenia , p. 158 - same text online as the printed work , Wu Zheng-yi & Peter H. Raven (eds.): Flora of China , Volume 24 - Flagellariaceae through Marantaceae , Science Press and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing and St. Louis, 2000. ISBN 0-915279-83-5
- ↑ a b c J. Gathe & Leslie Watson, 2008: Entry in the Western Australian Flora . last accessed on March 16, 2013
- ^ GJ Harden: Entry in the New South Wales Flora Online . last accessed on March 16, 2013
- ^ Iphigenia at Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, accessed March 16, 2013.
- ^ A b Iphigenia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
