Eleutherine Explained

Eleutherine is a genus of herbaceous, perennial and bulbous plants in the family Iridaceae, first described as a genus in 1843. It is native to Latin America and the West Indies.^[1]

The genus name may be derived from the Greek word eleuthera, meaning "free".^[2]

Species^[1]

• Eleutherine angusta Ravenna - Paraguay, Mato Grosso do Sul
• Eleutherine bulbosa (Mill.) Urb. - West Indies, South America; naturalized in Zaire, Réunion, India, Cambodia, Vietnam
• Eleutherine citriodora (Ravenna) Ravenna - Bolivia, northern Argentina
• Eleutherine latifolia (Standl. & L.O.Williams) Ravenna - Mexico, Central America, Bolivia, northern Argentina

References

• Peter Goldblatt and Neil Snow. 1991. Systematics and Chromosome Cytology of Eleutherine Herbert (Iridaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, Vol. 78, No. 4 (1991), pp. 942–949.

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=327970 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Book: Manning, John . Goldblatt, Peter . The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification . Timber Press . Portland, Oregon. 240–41 . 2008. 978-0-88192-897-6.