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s in the family

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, first described as a genus in 1928. The entire group is

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words ''mastigos'', meaning "whip", and ''stylos'', meaning "style".Múlgura, M.E. (1996). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de la República Argentina 1: 205-217. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis. ; Species * ''Mastigostyla boliviensis'' (R.C.Foster) Goldblatt, Iris Family: 247 (2008). - Bolivia * ''Mastigostyla brachiandra''

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, Revista Inst. Munic. Bot. 2: 57 (1964). - Salta in Argentina * ''Mastigostyla brevicaulis'' (

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) R.C.Foster, Contr. Gray Herb. 161: 16 (1946). - Bolivia * ''Mastigostyla cabrerae'' R.C.Foster, Contr. Gray Herb. 171: 25 (1950). - Jujuy + Salta in Argentina * ''Mastigostyla candaravensis'' Ravenna - Tacna in Peru * ''Mastigostyla cardenasii'' R.C.Foster, Contr. Gray Herb. 155: 23 (1945). - Bolivia, Cusco in Peru * ''Mastigostyla chuquisacensis'' Huaylla & Wilkin - Bolivia * ''Mastigostyla cyrtophylla''

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, Contr. Gray Herb. 81: 85 (1928). - Arequipa in Peru * ''Mastigostyla gracilis'' R.C.Foster, Rhodora 14: 296 (1962). - Chile, Bolivia * ''Mastigostyla herrerae'' (Vargas) Ravenna, Revista Inst. Munic. Bot. 2: 56 (1964). - Cusco in Peru * ''Mastigostyla hoppii'' R.C.Foster, Contr. Gray Herb. 155: 24 (1945). - Arequipa in Peru * ''Mastigostyla humilis'' Ravenna, Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 10: 316 (1965). - Cusco in Peru * ''Mastigostyla implicata'' Ravenna, Revista Inst. Munic. Bot. 2: 58 (1964). - Jujuy in Argentina * ''Mastigostyla johnstonii'' R.C.Foster, Contr. Gray Herb. 155: 25 (1945). - Tucumán in Argentina * ''Mastigostyla longituba'' (R.C.Foster) Ravenna - Bolivia * ''Mastigostyla macbridei'' (R.C.Foster) Ravenna, Revista Inst. Munic. Bot. 2: 56 (1964). - Lima + Junín in Peru * ''Mastigostyla major'' Ravenna, Revista Inst. Munic. Bot. 2: 56 (1964). - Apurímac + Ayacucho in Peru * ''Mastigostyla mirabilis'' Ravenna, Revista Inst. Munic. Bot. 2: 57 (1964). - Tucumán in Argentina * ''Mastigostyla orurensis'' (R.C.Foster) Ravenna - Bolivia * ''Mastigostyla peruviana'' R.C.Foster, Contr. Gray Herb. 171: 25 (1950). - Apurímac in Peru * ''Mastigostyla potosina'' R.C.Foster, Rhodora 64: 294 (1962). - Bolivia * ''Mastigostyla shepardiae'' (R.C.Foster) Ravenna - Puno in Peru * ''Mastigostyla spathacea'' (

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) Ravenna, Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 10: 317 (1965) - northern Argentina * ''Mastigostyla torotoroensis'' Huaylla & Wilkin - Bolivia * ''Mastigostyla tunariensis'' (R.C.Foster) Ravenna - Bolivia * ''Mastigostyla venturii'' (R.C.Foster) Ravenna - Jujuy + Tucumán in Argentina * ''Mastigostyla woodii'' Huaylla & Wilkin - Bolivia

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