Iphigenia (plant)
Genus of flowering plants
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Iphigenia is a flowering plant in the family Colchicaceae.[1] It was described by Kunth.[2] It consists of about 14 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]
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Colchicaceae |
| Genus: | Iphigenia Kunth |
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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]
Species
As of June 2026[update], Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[3]
African species
- Iphigenia oliveri Engl.
- Iphigenia pauciflora Martelli
Madagascan species
- Iphigenia boinensis H.Perrier
- Iphigenia robusta Baker
Arabian species
- Iphigenia socotrana Thulin
Indian species
- Iphigenia devrukhensis P.S.More & P.V.Naikwade
- 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 ratnagirica Almeida & Almeida
- Iphigenia sahyadrica Ansari & R.S.Rao
- Iphigenia stellata Blatt.
Australian species
- Iphigenia brevis Jian Wang ter
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