Iphigenia (plant)

Iphigenia is a flowering plant in the family Colchicaceae.[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]

Iphigenia
Iphigenia stellata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Colchicaceae
Genus: Iphigenia
Kunth
Species

See text

Species

African species
  • Iphigenia oliveri Engl.
  • Iphigenia pauciflora Martelli

Arabian species

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

Taxonomy

The genus name of Iphigenia is in reference to Iphigenia, the Greek mythological character, who was a daughter of King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra, and such was a princess of Mycenae.[6]

References
  1. "Iphigenia". Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  2. Kunth KS, Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum, vol. 4, p. 212. 1843
  3. Colchicaceae checklist, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew - available at http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
  4. Vinnersten A & Larsson S, Colchicine is still a chemical marker for the expanded Colchicaceae. Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 38: 1193, 2010.
  5. Larsson S & Rønsted N, Reviewing Colchicaceae alkaloids - perspectives of evolution on medicinal chemistry. Curr. Topics Med. Chem. 14: 274, 2014
  6. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.


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