Eleutherine

Eleutherine bulbosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Iridaceae
Subfamilia: Iridoideae
Tribus: Tigridieae
Genus: Eleutherine
Species: E. angusta – E. bulbosa – E. latifolia

Name

Eleutherine Herb., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 29: t. 57. (1843) nom. cons.

• Type species: Eleutherine bulbosa (Mill.) Urb., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 15: 305 (1918)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Galatea Salisb. ex Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 701. 1891, nom. illeg.
• Heterotypic
  • Galatea Salisb., Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 310. 1812.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Mexico to Trop. America Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Venezuela, Windward Is. Introduced into: Angola, Cambodia, India, New Caledonia, Réunion, Trinidad-Tobago, Vietnam, Zaïre References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Herb. (1843) Edwards's Bot. Reg. 29: t. 57

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2001. World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919. [unavailable to the public] Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Eleutherine in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Feb 26. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Eleutherine. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Feb 26. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Eleutherine. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Feb 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Eleutherine. Published online. Accessed: Feb 256 2022.

Vernacular names

中文: 红葱属

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