Iphigenia (plant)
| Iphigenia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Colchicaceae |
| Genus: | Iphigenia Kunth |
| Species | |
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Iphigenia is a plant genus in the Colchicaceae family of the major group Angiosperms.[1] It was described by Kunth.[2] It consists of 11 species distributed from tropical Africa, over Madagascar and India to Australia.[3] As with other taxa in Colchicaceae Iphigenia contains phenethylisoquinoline alkaloids including colchicine.[4][5]
Species
African species
- Iphigenia oliveri Engl.
- Iphigenia pauciflora Martelli
Arabian species
- Iphigenia socotrana Thulin
Indian species
- Iphigenia indica (L.) A.Gray ex Kunth - range extending to China, New Guinea + Australia
- Iphigenia magnifica Ansari & R.S.Rao
- Iphigenia mysorensis Arekal & S.N.Ramaswamy
- Iphigenia pallida Baker
- Iphigenia sahyadrica Ansari & R.S.Rao
- Iphigenia stellata Blatt.
Madagascar species
- Iphigenia boinensis H.Perrier
- Iphigenia robusta Baker
New Zealand species
- Iphigenia novae-zelandiae (Hook.f.) Baker
References
- ↑ "Iphigenia". Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- ↑ Kunth KS, Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum, vol. 4, p. 212. 1843
- ↑ Colchicaceae checklist, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew - available at http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
- ↑ Vinnersten A & Larsson S, Colchicine is still a chemical marker for the expanded Colchicaceae. Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 38: 1193, 2010.
- ↑ Larsson S & Rønsted N, Reviewing Colchicaceae alkaloids - perspectives of evolution on medicinal chemistry. Curr. Topics Med. Chem. 14: 274, 2014
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