Calydorea Explained

Calydorea is a small genus of perennial, herbaceous and bulbous plants in the family Iridaceae native to Mexico and South America.[1] The plants in the genus are small with tunicated bulbs. The flowers are light blue, violet, white, or yellow, depending on the species, of which there are around twenty. Taxonomists considered that the already known genera Salpingostylis (endemic from Florida), Cardiostigma (from Mexico), Catila (from Brazil) and Itysa (from Venezuela) are not enough different from each other to justify their taxonomic segregation and, for this reason, all of them are now included in Calydorea.[2]

The genus name is derived from the Greek words caly, meaning "sheathed", and dorea, meaning "spear".[3] C. xiphioides lends its common name, tahay, to the exoplanet Gliese 367 b.[4]

Species[5]

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Notes and References

  1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=327000 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Goldblatt, P. & J.E. Henrich. 1991. Calydorea Herbert (Iridaceae-Tigridieae): Notes on this New World genus and reduction to synonymy of Salpingostylis, Cardiostigma, Itysa and Catila. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 78: 504-511
  3. Book: Manning, John . Goldblatt, Peter . The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification . Timber Press . Portland, Oregon. 233–35 . 2008. 978-0-88192-897-6.
  4. Web site: 2022 Approved Names . nameexoworlds.iau.org . . 7 June 2023.
  5. Royal Horticultural Society, Kew. A detailed checklist for genus Calydorea .